The Excavation Diary

The excavation diaries are a daily log kept by the excavators on site during each season. They record the day to day activity of the team and their observations on their work.
 
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Name: Allison Mickel 
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Date: 7/13/2015 
Entry: After two weeks of removing infill, we are finally near the floor of B. 131! We spent some time chasing a phantom surface that appeared clear in the section left by Aldo and Agata last year, but it turned out just to be a very clear and discrete layer of... click here for more... 
 
Name: Burcu Tung 
Team:  
Date: 5/12/2016 
Entry: This is my first diary entry for the final excavation season at Catalhoyuk. Surprisingly, it makes me quite emotional to think that I wont be back to excavate here again, something that has been – on and off - a part of my entire adult life. What more is... click here for more... 
 
Name: Thaer Yarta 
Team:  
Date: 6/3/2016 
Entry: It's my first diary entry after one month in Çatalhöyük and I'll start with my humble English with some preliminary general reflection about building 131: We were starting the excavation of the building 131 that was unearthed in 2015. This big buildin... click here for more... 
 
Name: df 
Team:  
Date: 6/29/2016 
Entry: North Shelter. B.131: Today the push began, a couple of months late perhaps, better late than never? The concept of a 'composite layer' is being employed to expedite work in the central area with the aim of reducing the building down to a contemporary hor... click here for more... 
 
Name: Jovana Tripkovic 
Team:  
Date: 5/3/2017 
Entry: First impressions Even though it came as a surprise the chance to excavate Catalhoyuk came both as a priviledge and a pleasure, even more because of 2017 being the last opportunity to do so. I would have thought it not difficult excavation-wise if this... click here for more... 
 
Name: Jovana Tripkovic 
Team:  
Date: 6/1/2017 
Entry: New people/New strategies Today Cristina Belmonte was transfered from the South Area to the building 131! She is exceptionally energetic and charismatic person, not to mention a veteran contract archaeologist that has the decisivness and boldness w... click here for more... 
 

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