| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Daily notes about recovery of elements |
2004-07-01 |
mh |
Opened the square and had time to remove just the upper most surface layer in the northern half of the square. [Input: O703MH3.j] |
| 2004-07-04 |
mh |
In the morning we continued removing topsoil in the northern half of the unit. Near the eastern baulk of the unit we found a nearly complete skeleton of a small juvenile canine. I assigned that as i2. [Input: O704MH.j] |
| 2004-07-05 |
mh |
Continued down on the northern half. 3cm before the end of f29 q53 we ran into a slightly harder batch of soil in the NE corner of the unit. It's aerial extent was m3647 50W, 50S. I did not make it into a separate feature since it did not substantially differ from what was around it. Here the softer parts were just slightly further apart than elsewhere. [Input: O705MH4.j] |
| 2004-07-06 |
mH |
We continued going down with f25, natural soil matrix. At the interchange of q62 and q66 we found several large stones. These stones are located 9 cm higher than the southern most stones in the German trench to the north of k3. While this difference is not much, the stones are clearly higher up than I expected to find stones associated with the apron. From the German trench it seems that the apron is sloping down and hence stones belonging to the apron should be deeper in k3 than in the German trench. It is possible that stones visible in the German trench are not the original top most stones and that the stones in k3 are. Another possibility is that the stones in k3 are eroded stones. I doubt that, however, since there are quite a few of them and they sit quite densely together. [Input: O706MH.j] |
| 2004-07-24 |
mh |
We continued removing the eastern baulk of the unit. After it was removed, we continued to level and clean the unit. [Input: O730MH.j] |
| 2005-08-02 |
mH |
We have very little of the original loci left to excavate because stones of apron f131 now occupy most of the unit in its northern and middle areas. There is no baulk between k3 and k4, which makes it difficult to tell where the one ends and the other begins. This situation will improve once bP re-establishes the baulks of these loci. Today we defined our features and q lots so that when we removed the first 10 cm of the surface (contamined soil), we defined it as f136. Underneath we established f139 but defined it as beloging to k4 although in actuality it extends little bit over to k3. [Input: P802MH.j] |
| 2005-08-03 |
mH |
There is only very little left of this square as most of is occupied by the stones of the first apron f131. As yesterday we did not assign separate feature numbers for this loci but used the ones of k4 as it is difficult to tell where the one ends and the other beginings. The q lot that partly refers to this loci is f139 q372 when we removed approximately 10 cm soil in the western half of the joint k3 and k4. The next is f139 q375 which partly refers to the eastern half of k3 and k4. The latest q-lot, f141 q380. This latter pick run exposed more steps of the apron. [Input: P803MH.j] |
| 2005-08-04 |
mH |
We had discovered laminations (f141) approximately in the middle of the loci the day before and excavated some of those laminations. Some of them, however, still remained today. We had also differentiated the material north of the laminations as f145. This feature did not contain laminations, but is similar to the material above them and what we have generally been finding in this loci. We decided to remove 10cm of this feature with a big pick (q381) in order to examine the border of the two features and see whether the laminations would still continue. The border of the two features indicated that the laminations only continued for a layer or two. Since we did not see it necessary to keep following the laminations and because our goal in this loci is to reach the steps of the 1st apron (f131) below, we decided to remove the remaining of the laminations (q383). Once the laminations had been examined the SE corner of the unit that we had defined as f143 because it contained charcoal and more pottery than the laminations (f141) abutting in the north. f143 was also much softer than the lamination (f141) layer. We had originally thought that that this feature could be pit, but after excavating it (q385), we determined that it was not a pit, but just another type of accumulation. After removing the laminations and determining that the feature in the corner was not a pit, we removed a circa 50 cm stretch of soil (q386) in order to expose another step of the apron (f131). [Input: P806MH.j] |
| Strategy (projected or implemented) |
2004-07-04 |
mh |
We will continue going down with big picks. [Input: O704MH.j] |
| 2004-07-06 |
mH |
Tomorrow we will continue down around the stones. I will changed the feature number for the soil around them. [Input: O706MH.j] |
| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Elements within locus |
2007-07-18 |
pC |
a7 (structure) [Input: S206PC2.j] |
| 2004-07-04 |
mh |
f18 (topsoil), f25 (layer) [Input: O807AP5.j] |
| 0000-00-00 |
mh |
f32 (lens type d) [Input: O807AP5.j] |
| 2008-01-31 |
pC |
f45 (isolated stone) [Input: S131PC3.j] |
| 2010-08-10 |
yM |
f90 (lens type d) [Input: U0810YM.j] |
| 2004-07-24 |
ap |
f92 (lens type d) [Input: O808AP3.j] |
| 0000-00-00 |
ap |
f97 (lens type d), f98 (accumulation D), f99 (layer), f101 (accumulation D), f106 (;ld), f108 (lens type d), f112 (brickfall), f131 (apron) [Input: O808AP3.j] |
| 2005-08-02 |
sC |
f136 (accumulation D) [Input: P803AL2.j] |
| 2005-08-07 |
sC |
f154 (isolated stone) [Input: P912MH.j] |
| 2010-09-05 |
yM |
i5 (seal impression) [Input: U906YM.j] |
| 2009-07-26 |
cJC |
q840.5 (li) [Input: T823SH.j] |
| 2009-08-01 |
cJC |
q868.1 (ob) [Input: T823SH.j] |
| 2009-08-10 |
sH |
q883.1 (figurine) [Input: T823SH.j] |
| 2009-08-15 |
sH |
q892.6 (clay lump) [Input: T823SH.j] |
| 2004-07-01 |
mh |
q40 (pottery) [Input: O703MH.j] |
| 2004-07-04 |
mh |
q49 (bones, pottery), q52 (pottery) [Input: O705MH2.j] |
| 2004-07-05 |
mh |
q54 (items, pottery), q59 (pottery) [Input: O705MH2.j] |
| 2004-07-06 |
mH |
q62 (items, pottery), q66 (items, pottery) [Input: O706MH2.j] |
| 2004-07-07 |
ap |
q71 (pottery), q79 (pottery), q81 (pottery), q85 (pottery) [Input: O710MH.j] |
| 2004-07-08 |
ap |
q90 (items, pottery) [Input: O710MH.j] |
| 2004-07-22 |
mh |
q226 (pottery), q240 (pottery) [Input: O724MH.j] |
| 2004-07-24 |
ap |
q241 (pottery), q243 (items, pottery) [Input: O724MH.j] |
| 2005-08-03 |
vvE |
q364 (bones, items, pottery) [Input: P803AL3.j] |
| Extension of locus or q-lot |
2004-07-01 |
mh |
m3646 [Input: O703MH2.j] |
| Length of two sides |
2004-07-01 |
mh |
400e [Input: O703MH2.j] |
| 2004-07-01 |
mh |
400s [Input: O703MH2.j] |
[Input: YX24CJC.j]
