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 the year: 2008

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Name: Richard May 
Team:  
Date: 6/27/2008 
Entry: Well, hello everyone and welcome to 2008. Once again (and after a year off) I'm abusing my position by making the first diary entry of the year. Its Friday today - skeleton team here so far and we're all still working on the setting up process. C... click here for more... 
 
Name: RR 
Team:  
Date: 7/6/2008 
Entry: first diary of 2008 season. All coming back in a slow fashion. Been removing the deposits we left high last year namely 16225 and 16235 at the NE and a series of dumps at the S of the area, 16245-16249. Lisa, Lu, mike Freya nd Dan have moved loads of Me... click here for more... 
 
Name: JST 
Team:  
Date: 7/6/2008 
Entry: Been put with Roddy in the South. Hot, Damn Hot! Dug some dumps from last year, recording a room in a house. Might try and add some numbers when I can remember them. 
 
Name: MWH 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2008 
Entry: We hit the ground runnning and spent the first few days getting hot and bothered in the south shelter, removing loads of Mellart's spoil in an attempt to link Simoms Little Britian area to Roddys area to the east. Freya and I have since been excavating th... click here for more... 
 
Name: FS 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2008 
Entry: Having moved Mellart's spoil in the South Shelter (a back-breaking 1st couple of days when you haven't been on site for 3 months) Mike and I started where Ruth left off in the midden, to the south of Roddy. We have spent the last couple of days excavatin... click here for more... 
 
Name: RR 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2008 
Entry: more to say this time than last as we are about to get digging. The wall that we thought divided space 329 with the hearth, from space 333 with the oven may turn out to be earlier than the use of both as there now appears to be collapse from the wall und... click here for more... 
 
Name: DE 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2008 
Entry: A week in to the 2008 season and I am ready to start excavation in Building 49 once more, where I am to be working for the rest of the season. Excavation of building 49 was started by a team from Stamford University in 2004, and continued by Jody D. and m... click here for more... 
 
Name: JST 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2008 
Entry: Started working in earnest on the pyrotechnic features in building 75 today, after spending most of last week beasting off dumped deposits and bringing the area generally into phase. Started with a phased plan of Space 328 and the related raised space ... click here for more... 
 
Name: LF 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2008 
Entry: First days of work in building 49 in the 4040 area. Have spent most of the day familiarising myself with the area and the recording system, as it is my firs year at Catal. Tomorrow the real excavation work will begin and hopefully the floors will behave a... click here for more... 
 
Name: LY 
Team:  
Date: 7/7/2008 
Entry: Been in the south area for a few days and removing Mellarts spoil exposing another burnt building next to the one in section. The two buildings abutt each other but, after cleaning and planning, it seems that the fires in the building started independentl... click here for more... 
 

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