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: 14278

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Name: Thomas Birch 
Team: West-Buffalo/Camb 
Date: 7/9/2007 
Entry: The dreaded meep-meep-hole rodden fill, abutting the mudbrick wall 2408 in the south-west corner of trench 5, is now being taken down! The morning involved a great deal of brushing over a large and rather dusty area, ready for a photo which Naomi kindly t... click here for more... 
 
Name: Thomas Birch 
Team: West-Buffalo/Camb 
Date: 7/10/2007 
Entry: Today I was working with Naomi in the south-west corner of trench 6. We were taking off the rubble layer 14278 when we stumbled across another pit. The fill for this pit was heavily disturbed by animal burrows and different to the compact surrounding. Thi... click here for more... 
 
Name: Naomi Christie 
Team: West-Buffalo/Camb 
Date: 7/10/2007 
Entry: 7th July Photos U13751- After removal of mud brick trench lining U14213 -Katy and Ros's area on North wall U14267- Skeleton U14270 - Tom and Helen's burrow/pit U14271 - Cut of pit U14272 - The pit Ray and I dug U15104 - Floor in T7 8th July Pho... click here for more... 
 
Name: Thomas Birch 
Team: West-Buffalo/Camb 
Date: 7/10/2007 
Entry: I really enjoyed taking out the rest of 14278 today. Mattock! Well, hand mattock anyway - we still have to be careful. The rubble sits on top of what appears to be some sort of surface. The surface, quite compact, can be seen in the profile of one of the ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Naomi Christie 
Team: West-Buffalo/Camb 
Date: 7/11/2007 
Entry: Only one pic today: 14283 - pit cut by RBW and KJK. Working with TEB in SW corner today (14278). We were following a surface he found there. I found a stone ball, which caused much excitement and debate. There was also a nice big piece of pottery ... click here for more... 
 
Name: ER 
Team: West-Buffalo/Camb 
Date: 7/11/2007 
Entry: Tried the next old computer today to get my floppy-saved diary of the day before yesterday into the database, but it says that the floppy is not in the right format. Why then does it work fine with my Windows 98 laptop? Sarah is still hatching hopes she c... click here for more... 
 

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