This paper investigates the excavation diaries recorded under the principles of a reflexive method, as defined by Ian Hodder and his colleagues of the Çatalhöyük Research Project. The primary goal is to examine their content and assess their epistemic value for creating a more robust and better-contextualised archive. This study defines such epistemic value by considering the information types found in entries, the textual format of diaries, their relationship to the project’s research agenda and usefulness for writing up excavation reports. Ultimately, this analysis is useful for advancing an alternative approach for reflexive recording, which takes better account of previous criteria and is unrestricted to excavation diaries.

本文研究了依恩·霍德（Ian Hodder）和他Çatalhöyük研究项目的同事定义的自反方法原理下记录的发掘日记。主要目标是检查它们的内容并评估它们的认知价值，以创建一个更强大且背景更好的档案。这项研究通过考虑条目中发现的信息类型，日记的文本格式，它们与项目研究议程的关系以及编写挖掘报告的有用性来定义这种认知价值。最终，该分析对于推进自反记录的替代方法很有用，该方法可以更好地考虑以前的标准，并且不限于挖掘日记。