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.
 
Displaying Diary Entries for Unit: 10812

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Name: Bleda During 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/13/2004 
Entry: Today we continued excavting subfloor units in two spaces. In space 112 cut 10811 and its fill 10812 were excavated. This is a large ovoid cut whose function cannot be determined. It might cut a skeleton below 10813, but we are not sure. Another cut... click here for more... 
 
Name: Bleda During 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/15/2004 
Entry: The following activities took place in spaces 112 and 231. After closer analysis of wall 1701 it was decided that it was out of context. The bottom of the wall is approximately at the same level as the floors in spaces 231 and 112 - units 10806 and 108... click here for more... 
 
Name: Bleda During 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/17/2004 
Entry: relatively few new developments took place in space 112 during this day. In the southwest of the extant part of space 112 Belize (BBT) continued the removal of the lowermost fill unit (unit 10823) in post retrieval pit unit 10817. This feature was des... click here for more... 
 
Name: Bleda During 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/18/2004 
Entry: The excavation of the burial feature 1702 (cut 10811, fill 10812, skeletons10813 and 10814) was continued by the same group of the human remains team. It seems a third individual was encountered in the burial feature, but no skeleton unit has been ass... click here for more... 
 
Name: Bleda During 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/21/2004 
Entry: In the southern part of space 112 the excavation of the follwing activities took place. The post retrieval pit feature 1705 was further investigated. It became clear that the skull at the bottom of the pit was in fact located on top of and within the ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Bleda During 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/22/2004 
Entry: Work continued on burial feature 1710. The work was done by Marin Pilloud and myself. The skeleton 10813 was further cleaned, photographed and documented. Given that the articulation of the skeleton is rather complicated this took a considerable amount of... click here for more... 
 

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