Catal hoyuk: Surveying

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Catal hoyukSurveying

• Leader Abhinav Sharan
• Assistant Anh Bui

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Surveying at Catal Hoyuk

• Topographical Survey
• Magnetometric Survey
• Scrape Survey

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Topographical Survey

• Primary Objective To get an accurate record of
  the surface topography of both the east and the
  west mounds.

Source On The Surface, by Ian Hodder
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Topographic Survey

• The detailed topographic survey of the east
  mound failed to reveal evidence for the
  underlying structures. However, it did provide a
  complete frame of reference for the ongoing
  investigation of the site.

Source
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Magnetometric Survey
Source On The Surface, by Ian Hodder

• http//www.igm-geophysik.de/magnetik.html

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Scrape Survey

• There are three stages in
• the techniques of scraping.
• Removal of vegetation
• Removal of spit of surface earth.
• Resulting surface is 0.1m below the modern
  surface is scraped clean with wide-bladed hoes.

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• The visibility of surface architecture at Catal
  hoyuk after removal of surface earth and scraping
  is excellent.

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Conclusion

• Subsurface scraping established that Neolithic
  dwellings and occupation debris occur at almost
  all points of the east mounds, but also that in
  some areas these levels have been substantially
  disturbed by much later occupation.
• Strongly supports the conclusion that there was
  occupation after the Neolithic at Catal Hoyuk.

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Linked?

• There is a direct relationship between the
  magnetometric survey and scrape areas.
• The survey has shown there are areas of clear
  trend in the orientation of such segments that
  they must represent the locations of similarly
  aligned buildings.

Source On the Surface, by Ian Hodder
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References

• Hodder, Ian
• 1996 Re-Opening Çatalhöyük. In On the Surface
  Çatalhöyük 1993-95. ed. by Ian Hodder. pp 1- 18.
  BIAA Mono 22, McDonald Institute for
  Archaeological Research, Cambridge
• Matthews, Roger
• 1996. Surface Scraping and Planning. In On the
  Surface Çatalhöyük 1993-95. ed. by Ian Hodder.
  pp 79 - 100. BIAA Mono 22, McDonald Institute
  for Archaeological Research, Cambridge
• Shell, Colin
• 1996. Magnetometric Survey at Çatalhöyük East.
  In On the Surface Çatalhöyük 1993-95. ed. by Ian
  Hodder. pp 101-114. BIAA Mono 22, McDonald
  Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge
• Magnetometer Picture http//www.igm-geophysik.de/
  magnetik.html
• Scrape Survey Picture http//www.guard.arts.gla.a
  c.uk/1078/