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25 JULY 2013: SMALL FINDS

25 JULY 2013: SMALL FINDS

Archaeology is well known for the slow and time consuming processes which can take days, weeks or even months to produce results. Documentation procedures such as writing out context sheets, labelling removed contexts and planning the squares can take up many hours of the day. Our finds are carefully studied […]

July 28, 2013 2 comments Read More
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24 JULY 2013: SPECIAL FIND

24 JULY 2013: SPECIAL FIND

The special find of the week was removed from Trench H on Tuesday, creating excitement through the camp. First exposed in 2012, a decorated, flattened sub oval groundstone plaque was recovered by area supervisor Nat Franklin. Engraved on one side with two groups of longitudinal parallel lines, the object appears to […]

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23 JULY 2013 P TRENCH WEEK HIGHLIGHTS

23 JULY 2013 P TRENCH WEEK HIGHLIGHTS

The team in Trench P this week as made leaps and bounds towards understanding the stratigraphic relationship of an intriguing wall. The trench has been expanded and the volunteers spend many hours removing topsoil with pickaxes and shovels to reveal the Neolithic contexts beneath. Many features have emerged from the […]

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22 JULY 2013: EXCAVATION BEGINS, PHOTOS OF NEW AREAS, FLOTATION UP AND RUNNING!

22 JULY 2013: EXCAVATION BEGINS, PHOTOS OF NEW AREAS, FLOTATION UP AND RUNNING!

Cleaning the trenches is an important beginning to any season but today the dig team was very excited to start formal excavation. Trench P expanded to the north in order to investigate a distinctive building which may be rectangular, and therefore exceptional, or an unusually large curvilinear structure. In Trench […]

July 27, 2013 3 comments Read More
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21 JULY 2013: LEARNING THE SYSTEM AND THE PRE-EXCAVATION SITE TOUR

21 JULY 2013: LEARNING THE SYSTEM AND THE PRE-EXCAVATION SITE TOUR

The trenches now have a shady covering for the dig teams, the geotextile has been removed and the trenches have been revealed and cleaned. So now it is down to the important task of learning the recording system used on site. A thorough explanation of the context sheets preceded the […]

July 25, 2013 0 comments Read More
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19 JULY 2013 UNBACKFILLING FINISHED AND THE REVEALING OF THE TRENCHES

19 JULY 2013 UNBACKFILLING FINISHED AND THE REVEALING OF THE TRENCHES

Equipped with gloves, shovels and wheelbarrows the de-backfilling of trenches N, H, M and P have been completed. The dig crew have enjoyed the shrubbery removal and become accustomed to the silty-fine deposits as the geotextile is uncovered. The crew are excited to take back the protective layer and peer […]

July 25, 2013 0 comments Read More
16 JULY 2013: A TOUR OF THE FACILITIES

16 JULY 2013: A TOUR OF THE FACILITIES

As we set up the camp and become accustomed to a slightly different way of life, a tour of facilities is a necessary intriguing beginning to camp life. Our campsite and compound rests at the bottom of the Höyük surrounded by farms to rear and our own vegetable patch lining […]

July 24, 2013 1 comment Read More