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: Gavin Lucas 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 9/13/1997 
Entry: A long time since my last entry but various excuses can be given - illness, backlog of unit sheets to check (which are now more or less upto date) and the fact that little new has happened. First a note on the unit sheets; the completion of these is not ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Gavin Lucas 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 9/24/1997 
Entry: This will be my last entry for the season; work finished today and tomorrow we will backfill. Things really started to slow down in the last couple of weeks, especially since my staff seemed to consist solely of Ali and Naomi. However, Chad returned to wo... click here for more... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/17/2003 
Entry: Felt exhausted this morning after a long day trip yesterday to the Hittite sites of Eflatun Pinar and Fasillar. At Fasillar we had a great time being shown round the local village, where we ascended to the roofs by internal ladder and saw all the activiti... 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... 
 
Name: Roger Matthews 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/21/1996 
Entry: Work went very well today. We had a visit from the Kilise Tepe team which they seemed to enjoy. We return the trip on Friday. Digging went so well today that we are just about back on track to meet tomorrow's self-imposed deadline for completing the excav... click here for more... 
 
Name: Burcu Tung 
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Date: 7/3/2012 
Entry: Its been a hectic couple of days, although it seems as though things are finally settling down. I’ve been here since the 19th of June, and it already feels like I’ve actually never left. Exploring those feelings are for another day though. The season ... click here for more... 
 

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