Domuztepe dig diary
For six weeks during August and September 2008, archaeologists from the British Museum and the University of Manchester will be in south-central Turkey unearthing the story of Domuztepe, a Late Neolithic settlement.
British Museum curator Alexandra Fletcher is keeping a diary to report on the latest activity on-site. Follow her progress here.
Week one: getting there
Flights, taxi rides and bus journeys on the way to the
first Domuztepe dig in three years
Week three: In the shade
Domuztepe's excavators turn engineers to get a little welcome
relief from the sun
Week four: a VIP site visit
A change to the usual early morning routine as the governer of the
local area visits the site
Week five: the dust descends
Wind, rain and choking dust make closing the site for this season a
tougher job
Week six: packing up
The season draws to a close and finds from the last 13 years have
to be moved into new storage
Read more about the Domuztepe research project