Archaeological Vision at Çatalhöyük: Shelters, Sun and Funny Looking Glasses Future Plans

The 2003 season promises to be very exciting at Çatalhöyük, with a larger than ever multi-national team and full-scale excavations occurring site-wide. The new South shelter will be complete and the West Mound, TP and the flotation area should also be sheltered. The North area will undergo a transformation as a 40x40 meter area begins to be unearthed.

I would like to continue and expand the vision study to include more members and the 'new' work areas on the mound. I plan to work with the lab areas and do a more thorough project in the experimental house. I began interviews this summer, but not as many as I would have liked so I will continue interviewing as well. I will probably switch to another contrast sensitivity test called the Ginsberg Functional Acuity Contrast Test that uses gratings instead of letters and is more sensitive in order to both double check borderline test areas and to achieve a 'finer grain' of acuity site wide.

You may contact me at mashley@uclink.berkeley.edu..