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: 2016

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Name: numan arslan 
Team:  
Date: 5/1/2016 
Entry: The excavation season is starting… Every year a season finish and next year start with lots of different feelings. Again i am at Çatalhöyük for 2016 season for long season and for last excavation season. This season will be end of second part of excav... click here for more... 
 
Name: Burcu Tung 
Team:  
Date: 5/12/2016 
Entry: This is my first diary entry for the final excavation season at Catalhoyuk. Surprisingly, it makes me quite emotional to think that I wont be back to excavate here again, something that has been – on and off - a part of my entire adult life. What more is... click here for more... 
 
Name: Numan Arslan 
Team:  
Date: 5/2/2016 
Entry: Today we have started to our work in South Shelter. Some buildings were cleaned by Onur and me for prepearing excavation. Also we cleaned up B.80 which is still one of the fascinating building at Çatalhöyük. This area is reminded to us our memories when w... click here for more... 
 
Name: Cristina Belmonte 
Team:  
Date: 5/16/2016 
Entry: My first diary entry for Catalhoyuk project ufff….. Right now I still have lots of feelings going on… First of all because I knew that I was part of the team just 6 weeks ago (I was not selected at the beginning, but I'm glad I agreed to be on the reserve... click here for more... 
 
Name: Arek K. 
Team:  
Date: 5/16/2016 
Entry: Today I have accomplished eventually exploration of post-retrieval pit F.7872 recorded in SE part of B.132. I must admit it was a grand struggle for me to excavate complex deposit (U.31553) and identify differences between the infill and surrounding sedim... click here for more... 
 
Name: EC 
Team:  
Date: 5/19/2016 
Entry: This is my first diary record since I arrived in Catalhöyük. The first impact with the site was shocking me in different ways. On the one hand, the uniqueness and beauty of the archaeological site, together with the extreme calm and sense of isolation ... click here for more... 
 
Name: Burcu Tung 
Team:  
Date: 5/29/2016 
Entry: We’ve been excavating on site for almost four weeks. Work seems to be progressing well - the South Area is actually visibly different with the removal of the walls that belong to Mellaart’s Shrine 31 (Level IX according to him), the midden above B.118 an... click here for more... 
 
Name: Numan Arslan 
Team:  
Date: 5/14/2016 
Entry: After cleaning, prepearing to site to excavate and lots of meeting ,we could start excavate at Çatalhöyük. The other things also are part of excavation process but i think more exciting thing is of course touching to layers to understanding to Çatalians l... click here for more... 
 
Name: Sean Doyle 
Team:  
Date: 5/31/2016 
Entry: What the heck is going on in Building 102? This entry is based on the heavy residue backlog from 2013 that I have been processing over the last several weeks (better late than never right?) Everybody has heard me going on and on about prismatic blad... click here for more... 
 
Name: Cristina Belmonte 
Team:  
Date: 5/31/2016 
Entry: Second diary, and everything looks a bit easier here at the moment. I’m feeling more integrate at the site and in the dig house, the database recording system seems more familiar, but the ArcGIS is still giving me a few problems. Regarding to this program... click here for more... 
 

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