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: 2865

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Name: Richard Turnbull 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/22/1998 
Entry: 22/7/98 ( Not full day on site ) Half-sectioned oven ‘fill’ [ 2852 ] down to floor of oven [ 2865 ] removed ‘fill’ on N.side - establishing section on E/W axis through oven.Entered By: Richard Turnbull 
 
Name: Richard Turnbull 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/26/1998 
Entry: 26/7/98 Removed outside wall/structure of oven [2870] up to section line. Removing these parts of the oven in reverse stratigraphic order Photographed oven with most of this half of [2870] removed. Photographs so far generally taken in less than optimum ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Richard Turnbull 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/27/1998 
Entry: 27/7/98 Removed ‘inner lining’ [2860] of oven up to section line. Removed [2852] at E. end of oven up to section line. Planned floor of oven [2865] as far as revealed. Began to remove floor [2865] - coming off onto thin ashy layer. Training TC on using l... click here for more... 
 
Name: Richard Turnbull 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/28/1998 
Entry: 28/7/98 Removed floor [2865] up to section line. Planned and excavated ashy deposit [2891] up to section line. Excavated part of layer beneath [2891] - but realised that stratigraphically under some other apparent floor layer(s), that could see in sectio... click here for more... 
 
Name: Richard Turnbull 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 7/30/1998 
Entry: 30/7/98 Took photographs of oven half-sectioned with [2870] at W. end already removed. Excavated remainder of [2843] and [2860] and finished plans. Removed rest of fill [2865] - (sketch plan) and removed collapse [2864]. Took archaeomagnetic samples from... click here for more... 
 
Name: Richard Turnbull 
Team: Çatal 
Date: 8/18/1998 
Entry: 18/8/98 In space 150 TC continuing to excavate oven - planned/excavated [3390] - up to section. A thin apparent remnant of the oven structure at the S. end which has been truncated away - except for on the W. side. Below [3390] also planned/excavated a ... click here for more... 
 

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