Thursday 14 December 2006

Archaeology 2006

Kaman-Kale Hoyuk. Digging on a grand scale. Late Chalcolithic to Ottoman mound in Central Turkey. Base of the Deep Trench is 12m down.



18 beautiful pots found in the baulk of the South sector. After 2 weeks of painstaking, mindnumbing digging and drawing of the 2 5x1m baulks we made the find of the season.


The real work. Archaeobotany in practise. Floating 1500+ litres of soil with Bronwyn in the Japanese garden. The tank - where we spent so many peaceful days, playing in the mud while watching the seeds float by.

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Sheffield MSc

Environmental Archaeologists in the field. Soon-to-be pollen experts and geoarchaeologists. A brave and hopeful bunch of people.

Perhaps the future....

Catal Hoyuk. The granddaddy of Turkish Archaeology. Famous for its microexcavations and sponsors. And love of Archaeobotanists.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Looks like you'll be going again

Catherine said...

And So might you. Be positive