Some Work...
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So, a nice update on what work has actually been done. I was initally assigned to sketch and draw the site we first visited and my professor liked it so much he wants me to just continue the job and has given me graph paper, measuring sticks, all of this stuff to draw and document illustrations for the work on the Galatian Hillforts. I have not taken any drafting classes etc, and I was told I should since I have a hand and an eye for drawing excavations and that if I continue and hone my skills I could very well have a future going from digs and sites drawing so I am kinda excited I just walked into this. Some of mine should be used for the work we are posting for my school so I will link it once it comes up which probably will not be for some weeks. Speaking of what we have found, we are amazed with how much pottery was found inside the main walls of the hillforts, and then alot around one side of it. We can tell where looting occured and where there has been none. Also, we are trying to really find out just where the Galatians lived, since all that remains IS the forts and we don't know if they moved around an area with wagons, used wooden houses or did they use the forts themselves all year round and not just as a time in emergency. But something amazing, we are finding a lot of lithic stuff which was something we were all caught of guard for and of all, a stone loom wieght. Now, this was found by chance, was made of a stone not native and was created in such a way that it needed high level of stone working and showed great advancement. We were all shocked as was Dr. Levent Vardar who may now have that particular site, Bayram, excavated. The place is a mess, since the fort is overgrown with trees and the walls are in shambles and rocks everywhere but the eviedence that there is so much lithic and stone tools and weapons raises so many questions. We've also been to Sabanozu and I can't remember the others but I shall post more when it comes avalible.
Phil
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