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"Back in the dust soon the clanking of picks loosening dirt and rubble can be heard again. A group of visitors, marvelling at the site's sight, takes the chance to curiously quiz the archaeologists before returning to their air-conditioned busses."
"Soon the air is filled with the sound of pickaxes and of chanting and laughing workmen. Soil is shifted, rocks are moved."
"Groups of workmen arrived minutes before from a village down the hill. Dressed in coats and cardigans against the morning coolth, they're waiting for day's work to start while the bunch of students and scientists are collecting tools and instruments, equipment and journals."
"Breakfast at such an early hour basically consists of not more than some strong tea, a slice of soft white flatbread (which will be rather dry within the hour), and a handful of olives ..."
"4.30 o'clock. Ante meridiem. It's still dark outside, the dim light barely enough to distinguish a black thread from a white one: The muezzin just called the faithful to prayer and, probably unintentionally, the archaeologists to finally get up as well."
Tools of the trade before we come to an end with this amazing #SciArtTweetStorm:
Good to know the name of *that-thing* if you need to ask for it in the middle of a digging field day. 😉
#Art of #science: The current #SciArtTweetStorm is a fantastic rabbit hole to go down this Easter Monday if you got a thing (and who doesn‘t? 😉) for some great #visualization of fascinating #research.
Much more than my humble attempts in archaeology here. Check it out! 👌
From the archaeologist's field notebook: How about ... refreshening some #Turkish #excavation #vocabulary? 😉
Last nightly glimpse into the archaeologist‘s #FieldSketchbook for today‘s #SketchbookSunday: "Shovel work, moment of discovery".
For #SketchbookSunday, from the archaeologist’s #FieldSketchbook:
#Mola, Turkish: "(work) break".