Excavations at Can Hasan, 1966

Sixth Preliminary Report

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ID10960749
AuthorsD H French (corresponding author)
Year1967
Volume17
Pages165-178
Publication date1967-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnatolian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-1546 • E-ISSN: 2048-0849
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3642446
OpenAlexW4230973135
LanguageEN
Citations received6

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

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cartography · Charge (physics · Excavation · Geography · Physics · Pottery · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

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