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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Update from the trenches: August 16
Update from the trenches: August 16
As well as developing new visitor facilities and an electronic recording system, work is of course in full swing across Boncuklu’s excavation trenches with our multi-national team working hard under a hot summer sun to uncover the site’s history. In Area L (above) the search continues for the edge of the […]
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 […]
Replica house construction begins
Replica house construction begins
The garden has been cleared (above) and the digging has begun of the foundations for our new replica house display. This season we are constructing replica Neolithic houses, under the guidance of Prof. Ofer Bar Yosef, to form part of our visitor centre. Boncuklu’s houses were built around and in […]
Visitor Open Day comes to Boncuklu
Visitor Open Day comes to Boncuklu
Friday 8th August saw the first Visitor Open Day for several years at Boncuklu. Organised by Steve Chaddock and Gökhan Mustafaoğlu, over 80 visitors from Hayıroğlu came to site to find out about the latest developments in the project. Starting in the visitor centre, site guards Mustafa Güven (above) and […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
Let there be rock(s)
Let there be rock(s)
Chipped stone artefacts – called lithics by archaeologists – are a very important source of evidence at Boncuklu, providing evidence of ancient technology, activities and trade. Most of the lithics are made from obsidian –black volcanic glass – brought to the site from quarries in Cappadocia as part of one […]
Green light in Areas P and L
Green light in Areas P and L
Jill, Doug and the team prepare to remove the first shovelfuls of soil in Area L, emptying the 2013 trench before we expand the area to investigate the site edge. Meanwhile, under a handsome new canvas shelter, Area P has been cleared of backfill and is being excavated under the […]