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: 16879

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Name: TEB 
Team:  
Date: 7/29/2008 
Entry: Despite our efforts to lift the disturbance 16861, Jana, Maxim and Katy unveiled a new feature. Another grave! I think some members of the Selcuk team will be returning to tackle this grave in order to allow us to excavate the room fills of spaces 340 and... click here for more... 
 
Name: DEL 
Team:  
Date: 7/29/2008 
Entry: Annoying day today. The pit which was 'defined' yesterday had to be hastily undefined and a new arbitrary layer established, 16879. Sonya, Tom and I had a bit of a go at it which worked out some frustration but the very diffuse boundaries of any possible ... click here for more... 
 
Name: ER 
Team:  
Date: 7/29/2008 
Entry: Today JJW and AH continued digging down what appears to be part of a pit located between the cut of grave 2420 and the W profile using unit 16878. While its S edge cuts into the EC roomfill S of 2420, the pit itself was cut by 2420. It contained four arti... click here for more... 
 
Name: DEL 
Team:  
Date: 7/30/2008 
Entry: So today the shelter nearly fell down and I was ill for the afternoon. The rest of the time SO and I were taking down the lack of pit that is 16879. Also shot some levels with RBW but in general was pretty unproductive. We stopped using the sieve for a nu... click here for more... 
 
Name: ER 
Team:  
Date: 8/4/2008 
Entry: Now that we got down to the top levels of walls almost eveywhere in T5, more and more people in the trench get their individual space to dig. RBW and JJW, however, had to stay in today. Good to have AWH to tend the Total Station! The shading shed is reall... click here for more... 
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Name: ER 
Team:  
Date: 8/5/2008 
Entry: Another great day at T5! Weather was pleasant, archaeology fun. AWH and JJW continued 16898 in space 310. There is a very interesting cluster of big potsherds (unit 17208) abutting the plaster 13726 at the E wall 2427. looks as if people have swept stu... click here for more... 
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