On 24 July Dr Nicola Lercari carried out a drone survey at Boncuklu. His 4 prop mini-helicopter buzzed backwards and forwards across the site at a set height following a pre-programmed flight path that Nicola was able to follow and modify through his tablet. The drone was fitted with a […]
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Service interruption
Service interruption
We may have a nice new powerful modem, complete with dashing aerials, but due to a technical fault the Boncuklu dighouse has had neither telephone nor internet for the last week. Various enquiries have so far failed to track down the cause of the problem – for once it was […]
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Visitor centre looking good after winter
Visitor centre looking good after winter
A key aim of the Boncuklu Project is to develop facilities at site and on the web so that the local community and visitors both may understand our work. Boncuklu is a difficult site to understand as its remains are very subtle and the people living here did not produce or […]
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Our Dig Dinners
Our Dig Dinners
Ever wondered what a bunch of archaeologists eat when they’re spending all day in the dirt? In short: quite a lot. At Boncuklu we get four meals a day: first breakfast before we start work at 7am, second breakfast at 10am, lunch at 1pm and dinner at 7pm. First breakfast […]
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Building 1 gets a roof
Building 1 gets a roof
Continuing from last week’s blog post, we can now report that Replica building 1 is almost complete. Having dried in the hot summer sun for 2 days, Abdullah Usta and team (see main image) added the roof beams and wall plaster before adding the reed roof. The gallery shows the […]
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Building 1 nears completion
Building 1 nears completion
Replica Building 1 has been rendered and is now drying for a few days before we finish the roof. Watch this space for more pictures soon.
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Boncuklu’s buildings rise from the earth
Boncuklu’s buildings rise from the earth
Professor Ofer Bar Yosef and Dr Gökhan Mustafaoğlu discuss how to reconstruct the roof over the Boncuklu visitor centre’s new replica Neolithic building. In a matter of a few days the walls rose from nothing to around 1.8m high, built by Abdullah-Usta and his team of builders. The first building […]
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Record breaker! BK14 Team Photo 1
Record breaker! BK14 Team Photo 1
At over 50 team members on site this week, we passed the all time record for the BK team. And what a beautiful bunch they are!
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Storm damage?
Storm damage?
Storms often lash the Konya Plain and can appear with very little notice. The latest one happened just before our end of week BBQ, drenching the camp, including the burgers on the grill. Our excavation trenches are covered in canvas shelters, designed years ago for use at Çatalhöyük. They work […]
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A sea of mudbricks
A sea of mudbricks
West of Hayiroglu village a sea of mudbricks is drying in the sun that we will use to re-create the buildings of ancient Boncuklu. Based on archaeological finds and experiments carried out last week by Steve Chaddock, 1000 bricks are being mixed and shaped by hand. The bricks are made from […]