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: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/4/1996 
Entry: Work started today in Building 1, North Area. We spent the previous couple of days removing the back-fill and canvas which we had draped over the excavations at the end of the 1995 season, and re-attaching the canvas to the roof and sides of the wooden fr... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/5/1996 
Entry: Most of the morning was spent in setting up the 3D recording system. Levels were taken on Units 1235, 1236 and 1237 and on the location of flotation samples therefrom. After discussion we decided not to continue the Penmapping of Units and to use 3D only ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/6/1996 
Entry: A much more productive day today, largely due to the total absence of electronic gadgetry from the excavation. All levels and 3D co-ordinates were taken with dumpy and tapes and plotted directly onto plans and unit sheets. We will continue with this metho... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/7/1996 
Entry: Work progressed well today. As our unit sheets are now with Serap and Gavin at the end of each day I am not able to give the unit numbers for each operation, but they can easily be checked against plans and other records in the files. Serap continued digg... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/8/1996 
Entry: End of the first week on site. Today we continued with excavating a range of deposits in Building 1. We were joined this morning by Louise, so I showed her the routine and she got to work removing room fill near the centre of Space 71. There are now 7 of ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/11/1996 
Entry: Work has proceeded well over the past two days. We are now within sight of completing the excavation of the uppermost phase of Building 1 - it should take another week or so, at a guess, if there are no major delays. The building is proving to be every bi... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/13/1996 
Entry: All is going well in Building 1. We have now reached the main upper floor in most of the building and it is at last beginning to look like an excavated building. The work gets more exciting as we go along and I hope everyone is enjoying themselves - part ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/15/1996 
Entry: End of the second week of this season. Overall I think we have every reason to be happy with the progress so far and we can now be reasonably confident of completing the excavation of Building 1 in all its phases this season. The excitement is certainly i... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/18/1996 
Entry: Work continues to proceed well. I have spent most of the day supervising the team in action, which I much enjoy. Everyone is very keen to get the upper phase completed by Thursday: then we can show the building off during the weekly site tour at the end o... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/20/1996 
Entry: Violent thunder and rainstorms yesterday evening but Building 1 did not suffer much damage. There was more rain this afternoon but again no major damage. The shelter is standing up alright this year. I spent most of the day giving the building a good clea... click here for more... 
 

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