A dung and grass fire was burned in the enclosed oven in the experimental house in order to determine patterns of smoke and soot deposition (Harrison this web-site) and study the charred, phytolith and ashed plant remains for comparative analysis of Neolithic oven and hearth fuel and rake-out.
WM was able to join a joint botanical and geological day-tour of the Çarşamaba river-catchment on 24 July, 2004, to sample sediments in the region and to study the distribution of cereals, wild graminaeae and juniper and oak trees within the catchment.