As the weather becomes cooler, an indicator the seasons are changing is the appearance of storks above the Höyük. Each year these birds use the thermals above the mounds on the Konya Plain to gain height to fly the long distances down to Africa for the winter. An amazing sight […]
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6 SEPTEMBER 2013: IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, NO REALLY IT’S A BIRD
6 SEPTEMBER 2013: IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, NO REALLY IT’S A BIRD
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August 21 2013: FIND OF THE WEEK
August 21 2013: FIND OF THE WEEK
This week’s Find of the Week comes from Trench M – the second bone sickle fragment from the site. It is the end of a sickle, with a narrow ‘U’ shaped groove along one edge. This was where the chipped stone would have been fixed with a mastic (adhesive) of […]
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Time Turns Slowly: Our life on the Konya Plain
Time Turns Slowly: Our life on the Konya Plain
Time slows down on the Konya Plain. We do not measure the passing of time by days but rather by the slow blooming and browning of the fields of sunflowers. When we first began our season here at Boncuklu Höyük we were surrounded by an ocean of green and yellow, […]
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21 AUGUST 2013: Amazing feats in Trench M – The Basket Extraction
21 AUGUST 2013: Amazing feats in Trench M – The Basket Extraction
What began as the excavation of a simple burial in Trench H has ended with an exceptional display of determination and fine motor skills. In a small cut, supervisor Nat Franklin and her team, Hannah, Sam and Aroa, expected to find the burial of a small child. Instead, an older individual with […]
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18 AUGUST 2013: Introducing our specialists: Ingrid Iversen, Heavy Residue Analyst
18 AUGUST 2013: Introducing our specialists: Ingrid Iversen, Heavy Residue Analyst
Boncuklu’s research strategy involves comprehensive recovery of finds from the site in an effort to extract every last ounce of information about the ancient community’s way of life. Stratified contexts are either 100% processed using the flotation tank, or 50% floated and 50% wet sieved. The product of these processes, […]
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8 AUGUST 2013 WEEKEND GETAWAY
8 AUGUST 2013 WEEKEND GETAWAY
On one of our weekends off, a group of us decided to travel to the ‘Lake District’ west if the Konya province, everyone was excited to wash off Boncuklu dust in the warm waters of one of Turkey’s inland lakes. Our first stop was Beyşehir, a beautiful lakeside town on […]
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5 AUGUST 2013: DAY OF THE BEADS
5 AUGUST 2013: DAY OF THE BEADS
It is not uncommon for excavators, flotation volunteers and those sorting the Heavy Residue to find beads frequently. Yesterday was still exceptional with the discovery of beads in each trench, one after the other. Beads were found in Trenches M and N early in the morning and in Trench H […]
4 AUGUST 2013: FIGURINE FRAGMENT
4 AUGUST 2013: FIGURINE FRAGMENT
As is the way when we play catch up on Heavy Residue sorting from other years, that we discover great finds such as this fragment of figurine with three protrusions on it. One interpretation is that this may be a three breasted female therefore this may potentially be a representation […]
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3 AUGUST 2013: SHELL BEAD CONCENTRATION
3 AUGUST 2013: SHELL BEAD CONCENTRATION
In Trench P, a number of beads have been found concentrated in a small area within building collapse inside one of the buildings. We will be exploring how this apparent deposit appears to be included in a mud brick collapse. The beads, numbering well over twenty, are all the same […]
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30 July 2013: FIND OF THE WEEK
30 July 2013: FIND OF THE WEEK
The Find of the Week from Trench M is a large bead found in the remains of collapsed building material. Oval in shape, it has two circular perforations one at each, end used to tie the object to twine or string as a pendant or bracelet. This object may have […]