This year Boncuklu hosted six students for an accredited five-week fieldschool, through the Institute for Field Research (https://www.ifrglobal.org/), hailing from Australia, Canada, and the United States. They undertook one week of field trips to Çatalhöyük, Hattusa, Alaca, Eflatun Pınar, and a weekend trip to Aşıklı and obsidian sources, trips which […]
Scenes from dig life at BK
Here are a few scenes from life at Boncuklu’s dig house, including some of our more esoteric dighouse signs.
Trench update
Friday’s trench tour was the last of the season and discoveries continue to flow from the site. In Trench P excavation by Shelby has uncovered a series of repairs to the wall of Building 21 and the final floors of Building 20 are being removed so deeper deposits can be […]
Dig team official photo number 2
And breaking a tradition our second dig photo is on site! What a shock not to be outside the shelter for once. Here we are on Sept 4th in Trench P on our final trench summary tour of the season standing above Building 21. This week we start the site […]
Tablets curing the headache of data entry at Boncuklu
Can you spot the new bit of kit that has become part of the toolboxes which are daily trundled up to site in our BK wheelbarrows? On the ladder: two of our Android tablets. As we reported last year, Boncuklu is a test excavation for the FAIMS recording system, designed […]
BK2015 Official digteam photo number 1
Well here it is: official dig team photo number 1 from the end of Dig Week 4. We are missing a few people including Caroline and Finn but this is most of the team in the first 4 weeks of Boncuklu 2015. What a lovely bunch and thanks to all […]
Experimental burials await internees: heads or tails?
Why are Ed and Felicia looking a bit pensive as they flip a coin after digging a grave in Boncuklu’s experimental house? This is one of the more macabre elements of our experimental program to reconstruct the houses which were found at BK 10,000 years ago. After repairing the roof, […]
Geophysical team in the (dig)house
Over the last week at BK strange sights have been witnessed on the mound: is it a new TV aerial, some form of water-divining equipment or even a futuristic zimmer-frame? And why isthat person hammering pegs into the mound? Well, it is Kelsey Lowe and Aaron Fogel undertaking geophysical survey! […]
Goodbye to our IFR colleagues
For the second year running students have come to Boncuklu to take part in our fieldschool accredited by the Institute for Field Research (https://www.ifrglobal.org/). The 5 week school includes one week of site visits and lectures led by Doug Baird, followed by 4 weeks of excavation during which participants undertake […]
School visits Boncuklu
Last week the Boncuklu Project was delighted to host the children and teachers of Hayıroglu School. In a two hour visit led by Gökhan Mustafaoglu and Mustafa Güven, more than 30 kids passed through the visitor centre, clambered through the replica houses, saw the team in action at the excavation […]