Excavations at Hacılar, second Preliminary Report, 1958

1959 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 51-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Mellaart
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Large School ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Field Supervision

The second season at Hacılar lasted from the middle of August till the middle of September. The writer was in charge, assisted for part of the time by Mrs. Mellaart, and by the Director in an advisory capacity. Miss Elizabeth Beazley, Mr. David Stronach and Mr. David French dealt most efficiently with the architecture, photography and field supervision and pottery respectively. The Turkish Government was again represented by Bay Osman Aksoy. The expedition is much indebted to the Vali of Burdur, Bay Turhan Kapanlı, especially for his generous loan of a bulldozer to assist in re-levelling the site after excavation; also to the Gendarme Commander of Burdur and the Maarif Müdürü, for facilitating our relations with the peasant owners of the site, and for permission to use the large school at Hacılar as expedition headquarters.

Excavations at Can Hasan, 1967, Seventh Preliminary Report

1968 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. French
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
New Method ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Metal Framework ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Site Supervisors ◽  
Small Hand

The seventh season of excavation at Can Hasan began on 9th September and stopped on 28th October; a further week was spent working on the finds and on the site. Site supervisors were Bay Altan Atılgan, and Messrs. S. W. Helms, R. Howell, and J. N. Postgate. In the House the work was undertaken by Bayan Behin Aksoy, Bayan Ülge Göker, Miss Carolyn Prater, Mrs. Cressida Ridley and Miss Monika van der Zwann. Bay Bedri Yalman represented the Turkish Government for a short period until called away to military service; his place was taken by Bay Cengiz Karadağ.A new method of sieving was introduced this year at the suggestion of Mr. Sebastian Payne. Instead of small hand sieves, “shakers”, built under Mr. Payne's supervision, were used. Basically this type of “shaker” is three removable trays with mesh of differing size (10 mm., 5 mm., 1 mm.) set on a sprung metal framework. It was also found more practicable with soils containing a lot of grain to “wash out” the grain from the soil remaining in the last tray after the soil had received preliminary hand-searching.

Excavations at Alahan Monastery: Third Preliminary Report

1964 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
Michael Gough
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Site Supervisors ◽  
Maximum Effort ◽  
Small Finds

Last year, during the months of July and August, the Institute completed a third season of excavation at Alahan Monastery in Isauria and, although the season was fairly short—six weeks in all—more workmen were taken on to ensure a maximum effort. Many of these, with six or seven years experience of early Christian excavations at Daǧ Pazarı and Alahan, quickly instructed the newcomers. Of the British staff, Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Martineau helped Mrs. Gough with the administration as well as on the site. Miss Hall, Mr. Harper and Mr. Hayes acted as site supervisors, while Mrs. Gerard Bakker was again responsible for pottery and small finds. The expedition's architect and draughtsman was Mr. Adrian Cave, of the Architectural Institute. Finally, by a happy coincidence, the representative of the Turkish Government was Bay Süleyman Gönçer, who found himself after his retirement from the Directorship of the Afyon Museum with a British expedition again, after so many years of collaboration between the wars with Dr. Winifred Lamb at Kusura and with Sir William Calder during his Phrygian explorations.

Excavations at Can Hasan: Third Preliminary Report, 1963

1964 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. French
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The Third ◽  
Additional Work ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Continue Work

The third season of work at Can Hasan took place between 11th and 25th September, with additional work on the site between 26th and 28th September. This year we employed, as usual, Veli Karaaslan as foreman, Rifat Çelimli and Mustafa Duman as ustas, seven other men from Menteş and two local men from Canasun village. At the end of the season the site was completely filled in with earth from our dumps, except for areas where we hope to continue work in future seasons. Finally we fenced in, with posts and wire, an enclosure approximately 110 by 90 m. around the excavated area.This season's staff included Messrs. N. H. S. Kindersley and D. J. Blackman, field assistants; Mrs. D. J. Blackman, Messrs. J. E. Reade and M. C. C. Davie, pottery assistants. Bay Behçet Erdal of the İstanbul Archaeological Museum represented the Turkish Government.

Excavations at Hacılar, Fourth Preliminary Report, 1960

1961 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 39-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Mellaart
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
School Building ◽  
Large School ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
British Institute

The fourth and final season of excavations at Hacılar, carried out under the auspices of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, lasted from 1st August till 7th September, 1960. In spite of a number of difficulties such as shortage of staff, workmen and time, a most successful season of work was accomplished.The Assistant Director was in charge, ably assisted by Mrs. Mellaart (housekeeping, accounts, registry and photography), Miss Clare Goff (surveyor) and Mr. David French (pottery expert). Bay I. Ebcioğlu represented the Turkish Department of Antiquities. Once more the expedition was accommodated in the large school building. For this final season we are especially grateful to Francis Neilson, Esq., Mrs. I. Ainley, the British Academy, the Russell Trust and the Munroe Fund of Edinburgh University, without whose timely help this season might not have taken place.

Beycesultan, 1959: Sixth Preliminary Report

1960 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 31-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seton Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Considerable Success ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
Middle Bronze Age

A final season of excavating at Beycesultan was arranged in the autumn of 1959 and lasted from 15th September to 28th October. The work was once more in charge of the Director, who was accompanied by Mrs. Seton Lloyd and a staff consisting of Mr. Martin Harrison (Institute Scholar for 1958–59) and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. Harry Smith of Christ's College, Cambridge, Miss Carol Cruikshank, Mr. Michael Brett as architect and Bay Osman Aksoy as Turkish Government representative. The Assistant Director and Miss Clare Goff also took part in the excavations during the second half of the season.It had been decided on this occasion to concentrate the entire resources of the expedition on the continued clearance of the Middle Bronze Age palace on the eastern summit of the mound, partly excavated in the seasons of 1954 and 1955, in the hope of recovering as much of the plan as possible before the excavations finally closed down. This was accomplished with considerable success. Two large new areas of the building were cleared and a point reached where any further extension would have met with serious practical difficulties.

Excavations at Can Hasan, 1965, Fifth Preliminary Report

1966 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. French
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Winter Maintenance ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Maintenance Work ◽  
The Village

The excavations at Can Hasan were continued this year from 1st September to 6th October. Work, however, went on until October 16th on section drawing, photography, packing and storing. Further repairs were made to the fence enclosing the site and measures taken for the conservation of the site during the winter. Maintenance work was carried out on the dig house. As in the previous year, the excavation bekçi continues to live in the house during the winter months.Those assisting in this year's excavations were Messrs. S. Payne and J. N. Postgate, field assistants and the Misses E. A. Dowman, A. C. Hird, S. M. Page and R. J. Worth, house assistants. Mr. Payne again had charge of the obsidian material; Miss Dowman was in charge of registration and conservation and Miss Worth of pottery. Bay Hayrettin Solmaz represented the Turkish Government. For most of the season we employed about eight men from the village.

Excavations at Can Hasan, 1966: Sixth Preliminary Report

1967 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. French
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Additional Work ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Animal Bones

The sixth season of excavations at Can Hasan took place between 28th August and 30th September. Additional work on storing and arranging the non-registered materials from the excavations continued until 12 th October. All materials other than the registered objects from the 1961 to the 1966 seasons are now stored in the depot at Can Hasan. These are the sherds, animal bones, heavy stone objects, the samples of stone, clay and other materials. They are stored by year and by category in locked storerooms in the dig house. In addition to the house bekçi there is now a full-time official bekçi for the Hüyük and for other hüyüks in the neighbourhood.In the 1966 excavations Messrs. D. C. Biernoff, S. Payne and J. N. Postgate were field assistants; Mrs. Payne took charge of the work in the house, assisted by Mr. C. Slack and the Misses M. Bell, C. Prater, and T. Harrington-Smith. In addition Mrs. Payne had charge of the pottery; Mr. Payne of the obsidian, Miss Harrington-Smith of registration and Mr. Slack and Miss Bell of conservation and pottery mending. Bay Bedri Yalman from the Konya Museum represented the Turkish Government.

Excavations at Can Hasan, Second Preliminary Report, 1962

1963 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. French
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Final Cleaning

A second season of work at Can Hasan took place between 10th September and 10th October with nine days at the end to complete the final cleaning of the site and the registering of the finds. As last year, we employed three trained men from Beycesultan and ten unskilled men from the village.In addition to myself and my wife, the staff included Mr. N. H. S. Kindersley, field assistant; Messrs. R. Fonseca and I. Walls, architects; Mr. R. E. Oakley, field assistant; and Misses A. C. Cruikshank, C. MacLucas and A. Searight, pottery assistants. Bay Hayrettin Solmaz of the Konya Museum represented the Turkish Government.

Excavations at Can Hasan: Fourth Preliminary Report, 1964

1965 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. French
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Bone Material ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Detailed Work

The work this year at Can Hasan took place, as usual, in the autumn. Excavation began on 6th September and finished on 10th October. A further week was spent on the detailed work of planning, photography and pottery study. We employed this year, as in previous years, Veli Karaaslan as foreman, Rifat Çelimli, Mustafa Duman, and Bekir Kalaycı as ustas; from Menteş, we employed three men and from Canasun village five men. During the season, parts of the excavated area, which had not been completely covered, were filled in with earth from this year's excavation. At the end of the season only those areas where further work is planned remained open. The fence, of posts and wire, was repaired. The watchman now lives in the dig-house on the edge of the mound.For this year there was a staff of twelve: Messrs. N. H. S. Kindersley, D. C. Biernoff, R. W. Dutton, S. Payne, and J. E. Reade, field assistants; Mr. I. J. Walls, architect; Mrs. D. C. Biernoff and the Misses M. A. White, T. Martin, V. Pemberton-Piggott, P. M. Pratt, and R. J. Worth, house assistants. In addition, Mr. Kindersley worked on photography and planning, Mr. Dutton assisted the architect, Mr. Biernoff took charge of the bone material and Mr. Payne of the obsidian. Mrs. Biernoff, Miss White, Miss Martin and Miss Pratt were conservators. Bay Hayrettin Solmaz of the Konya Museum represented the Turkish Government.

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