THE 1996 EXCAVATION SEASON
| This was our first season of full excavation on the East mound. The season in 1996 began on August 1 and ended on September 30. In that time over 100 people worked at the site, including 23 local workers, about 20 Turkish scholars and students, and about 57 people from many countries including the UK, USA, Germany, Greece, Spain, Canada, and South Africa.
Work concentrated on Building 1 on the North part of the East mound, on continuing the lower levels of excavation in the 1960s Mellaart area, and on an area (termed Summit) on the top part of the main southern part of the East mound adjacent to the Mellaart area (figure 1). In all areas, 40 litres of soil from each excavation unit were taken for flotation and all other soil was dry sieved through a 4mm mesh. Archive samples for chemical and other analyses were also taken from all deposits and organic samples were taken from selected deposits. The heavy residues from the flotation, collected in a .5 mm mesh, were then dried and sieved through 4mm, 2mm and 1mm sieves and sorted by hand. Read more about: |
Figure 1: East mound showing excavation areas. |