Excavations at Kaymakçı Resume for the 2022 Season

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Voices From the Field (2022-06-15)

After around three weeks of lab work and preparations for field work, excavations at Kaymakçı resumed in early June.

Members of the 2022 team – old hands and new additions – at the end of an initial site tour

Excavations in areas 93.545, 97.541, and 109.523 aim to answer old questions and tie up loose ends in previously opened areas. A new excavation area (86.540) will be opened to test a theory about the preservation of the latest phase of Bronze Age Kaymakçı and to learn more about the function and date of building and other activities at the core of the site.

Cleaning away of two years of vegetation before opening new excavation contexts at 97.541 / Removal of winter protections (geotextile) from 109.523

Construction of the A-frame for hanging sieves used for sifting all excavated sediments
Cleaning the surface at 86.540 on the southern slope of the inner citadel, where geophysical survey results suggest the presence of inner fortification and terrace walls
And… a resumption of tea breaks under Valonia oaks, meals that mark the return to field work!