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: 16898

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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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Name: ER 
Team:  
Date: 8/6/2008 
Entry: Everbody seemed a bit tired today, even the lovely finds (e.g. a bead from unit 16880 continued by JMR - space 340) and a potstand from unit 16898 (space 310, continued by AWH) couldn't make us sing and dance in the trench. Work progressed much faster now... click here for more... 
 
Name: ER 
Team:  
Date: 8/7/2008 
Entry: Yesterday in the evening the 2007 DAI Reisestipendiaten arrived at Catalhoyuk, which is great fun for me, and I spent some hours after breakfast showing them around the mounds. We started the day with a thorough brushing of the whole trench 5 which is ... click here for more... 
 
Name: ER 
Team:  
Date: 8/15/2008 
Entry: My last day in Catal for this year, most of the team has left already. The last few days were mainly spent by documentation and drawing, except in space 310. After going deeper with unit 17214, a older layer of plaster (unit 17249) underlying 13726 wa... click here for more... 
 
Name: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/17/2009 
Entry: I drew a plan of the top level of 18326 today, which will be the next spit of roomfill in Sp 310. While doing so, I had to take back my impression that the fill was now more homogeneous than beforehand. A new thing are spots of reddish soil, I still do no... click here for more... 
 

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