| 2005-8-06 | jW | jW detailed to oversee excavation of burial that had been spotted over the winter when the N baulk of A09k41 eroded. | [Input File: P806jW.j] |
| 2005-8-07 | jW | jW continued to supervise excavation of grave in A09k41. | [Input File: P807jW.j] |
| 2005-8-08 | jW | gM worked at home all day processing data and preparing templates. | [Input File: P809jW.j] |
| 2005-8-15 | jW | Aleppo University student Ismail joined the staff for indoctrination. We now have two such students, Zuzan, who joined us last week, and him. We will involve them in as many activities as possible in the remaining weeks of excavation. Both spend only the mornings with us, so their introduction will consist almost entirely of field work. | [Input File: P815jW.j] |
| 2005-8-10 | jW | gM worked at home after breakfast processing data and preparing templates. rE remained at home after breakfast to recover from allergic reaction to insect bites. | [Input File: P810jW2.j] |
| 2005-8-16 | jW | gM remained in the house after breakfast to process objects. | [Input File: P816jW.j] |
| 2005-8-17 | jW | Students Zusan and Ismail, deployed in k102 under the supervision of Muhammad Kher to explore for the south face of wall, f11. rE worked at home after breakfast to prepare for an examination in Damascus on August 28. | [Input File: P817jW.j] |
| 2005-8-18 | jW | Student Zuzan did not report for work. After breakfast, rE remained at home preparing for an examination. | [Input File: P818jW1.j] |
| 2005-8-21 | jW | All staff worked at home processing objects, entering data, and preparing templates. gM and rE drew section of the E baulk of k12. jW prepared forms to facilitate strata assignments to be done in the field tomorrow. | [Input File: P821jW.j] |
| 2005-8-20 | jW | Student Zuzann did not report for work today. gM worked on processing objects after breakfast. Due to a trip to Hassake by the director and other senior supervisors, staff will work at home tomorrow processing data. | [Input File: P820jW.j] |
| 2005-8-23 | jW | Students Zuzann and Ismail did not report for work. gM spent most of the morning at home preparing templates and files in anticipation of the unit review. | [Input File: P823jW.j] |
| 2005-8-24 | jW | Students Zuann and Ismail reported for work. For most of the morning, gM worked in the house processing data. | [Input File: P824jW2.j] |
| 2005-8-26 | jW | jW worked at home, forming a clean input archive, completing file logs, entering data, testing the JD program's capability of processing photographic files, and testing the RD program's capability to process relays. | [Input File: P826jW.j] |
| 2005-8-27 | jW | gM worked at home processing data and finishing Harris Matrices for features 1-50. In the late afternoon, geologist Dr. Christian Fischer, lectured on the identification and characteristics of stones used for tools and decorative objects. | [Input File: P827jW.j] |
| 2005-8-28 | jW | rE departed for Damascus to take two examinations in archaeology. She is expected to return at the end of the week to work with us for the balance of the season. At various short periods during the day, jW and gM worked at home perparing the global record. Before breakfast, all staff members attended a lecture on site by geologist, Dr. Christian Fischer, who discussed the formation and retrieval processes for the large stones used to build the monumental wall, the abi, and palace foundations. | [Input File: P828jW.j] |
| 2005-8-25 | jW | Students Ibrahim and Zuzan reported for work. Student Ibrahim told us that this would be his last day of work. Before breakfast, jW, rE and gM developed Harris Matrices for all loci in the field. Then, gM worked at home after breakfast preparing Freehand drawings of them. For one hour before breakfast and one hour after breakfast, jW worked at home writing journal files. | [Input File: P825jW.j] |
| 2005-8-30 | jW | jW and gM attended Requium Mass for Prof. Pecorella, late director of the excavations at Tell Bari. Before and afterwards they worked on processing objects and preparing the unit global record. | [Input File: P830jW.j] |
| 2005-9-02 | jW | rE returned from Damascus and resumed work. | [Input File: P902jW.j] |
| 2005-9-03 | jW | gM worked in the house after breakfast processing objects. After breakfast jW visited the doctor in Qamishlie for an eye injury (not work related). | [Input File: P903jW.j] |
| 2005-8-29 | jW | jW spent two one-hour periods at home preparing the unit global record. gM, vS (on loan from J01) and Zuzan spent all day excavating the burials, f60 and f61. gM will draw the burial using Freehand and a registered photograph of the body to be taken by dM. | [Input File: P829jW.j] |
| 2005-8-31 | jW | jW worked for one hour at home preparing the unit global record. | [Input File: P831jW.j] |
| 2005-9-04 | jW | gM spent a major part of the morning at home processing objects for unit J2. jW spent one hour at home entering and processing data. | [Input File: P904jW.j] |
| 2005-9-07 | jW | jW on site for the entire morning and afternoon. gM departed for home in Italy. rE spent the day preparing documents for the visit of the Minister of Culture on P908. | [Input File: P907jW.j] |
| 2005-9-09 | jW | rE departed for Damascus. jW continued to assist with several groups of visitors. No unit work was undertaken. | [Input File: P909jW.j] |
| 2005-9-10 | jW | jW worked at home preparing Harris Matrices, and entering and checking other data. | [Input File: P910jW.j] |
| 2005-9-11 | jW | Student Zuzan corrected sections of the N and E baulks of k103 and began drawing the N baulk of k104. jW split time between the field and at home, preparing the journal, teaching about drawing sections, and preparing for taking relays and making test photographs to assist in drawing the stones of f10 and f11 in k12. | [Input File: P911jW.j] |
| 2005-9-06 | jW | jW spent most of the morning before breakfast at home processing data and reviewing stratigraphy. After breakfast, gM spent the rest of the day at home processing objects and rE spent the rest of the day at home working on a project for gB. | [Input File: P906jW.j] |
| 2005-9-08 | jW | rE worked at home preparing documents for the visit later today of the Minister of Culture. jW on site for the entire work day. | [Input File: P908jW.j] |
| 2006-8-17 | jW | Last day in the field for eF, who will now work full-time assembling a collection of obsidian for technical analysis. | [Input File: Q818jW4.j] |
| 2006-8-17 | jW | jW spent several short periods at home to enter data from the surveyor, bWP. | [Input File: Q818jW5.j] |
| 2006-8-12 | jW | Students and experienced supervisors were divided into three groups: vVE will work in the east part with mO and eI as an semi-autonimous unit, with its own book and numbering system. rE will work in the west part with bL, and jW will work in the central part with eDB and eF. jW will also be the overall supervisor for J03. | [Input File: Q819jW1.j] |
| 2006-8-22 | jW | jW spent several hours in the house preparing Harris Matrices to facilitate pottery analysis. | [Input File: Q822jW2.j] |
| 2006-8-23 | jW | jW worked at home for part of the morning preparing the Global Record. bL worked at home part of the time after breakfast entering data. | [Input File: Q823jW3.j] |
| 2006-8-24 | rE | jW worked at home with eDB processing relays and plots. | [Input File: Q824rE.J] |
| 2006-8-26 | jW | eDB worked in the house most of the day correcting relays and plots. rE worked in the house for two hours after breakfast preparing the journal. | [Input File: Q826jW.j] |
| 2006-8-27 | jW | eDB worked at home for most of the day processing relays and plots. bL and rE worked at home for two hours each processing the journal. | [Input File: Q827jW.j] |
| 2006-8-28 | jW | jW and eDB spent the day at home processing relays and plots | [Input File: Q828jW3.j] |
| 2006-9-09 | jW | All staff but jW will spend the last week in the field. Each first-year archaeologist will supervise their own crew of six, and will work under the direction of rE. They will be responsible for all journal entries. The local assistants will be responsible for writing most log entries under the direction of the archaeologists. jW planned to divide the mornings between supervising in the field and at home reviewing the status of the documentation, but the pace of work will require his presence in the field for most of the week to continuously redistribute the workforce to the loci requiring the most effort. | [Input File: Q909jW.j] |
| 2006-9-10 | jW | rE was detailed to assist J4 in data processing and mKB in pottery analysis. eDB worked at home checking data entries and preparing plots. | [Input File: Q910jW1.j] |
| 2006-9-12 | jW | eI sick at home all day. cC detailed from J4 for field work all day. vN detailed from J4 for field work in the morning. rE relieved jW in the field for one hour so that he could work on the journal at home. | [Input File: Q912jW.j] |
| 2006-8-31 | rE | jW worked most of the day in the house processing data for vVE. bL worked 1 hour in the house entering data. | [Input File: Q831rE.J] |
| 2006-9-11 | jW | eDB worked at home for most of the day processing data. mO will depart the excavation tomorrow. | [Input File: Q911jW1.j] |
| 2006-9-13 | jW | bL worked at home after breakfast processing objects and photographs. In the morning, cC participated in field work on loan from j4. rE relieved jW for one hour in the morning and afternoon so he could write the journal. All staff worked in the field in the afternoon except eI and eDB who stayed at home to process data. vN from J4 assisted in the afternoon. | [Input File: Q913jW.j] |
| 2006-9-19 | jW | All staff worked at home processing data and objects. bL was away for about 2 hours working on the palace conservation project. | [Input File: Q919jW.j] |
| 2006-9-18 | jW | All staff members worked at home processing objects and data. | [Input File: Q918jW2.j] |
| 2006-9-20 | jW | eDB ill and visited the doctor in Qamishlie. eI taken by gB after breakfast to draw seal impressions from J3. | [Input File: Q920jW.j] |
| 2010-9-14 | jW | While cleaning was taking place, jW spent most of the time in the house working on the UGR. | [Input File: U914jW2.j] |
| 2010-9-19 | jW | Physical Anthropologist aK fortuitously arrived for a short familiarization vist. | [Input File: U921jW.j] |
| 2010-9-24 | jW | yM and lH1 detailed from A20 to excavate burial a22. | [Input File: U925jW1.j] |