Dug a site in Turkey with a trowel and brush, then tried the same spot with a sieve and screen, and the sieve found 4x the pottery shards

Ray Miller · 2026-10-14T06:20:02.693703+00:00

Spent 3 weeks at a dig near Catalhoyuk last summer and the wet sieve pulled tiny beads and bone fragments the trowel work completely missed. So is slow careful trowel work actually overrated, or does it depend on what period you're digging?

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Dug a site in Turkey with a trowel and brush, then tried the same spot with a sieve and screen, and the sieve found 4x the pottery shards | Archaeology Discoveries - SMM Buzz