A12 loci &ndash; Sequential

description (summary)	1999-6-10	jo	k16 (k2 + k3) and k1 combined	[Input File: zg1183ms.j]
description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	A12 corresponding number of A10 k17	[Input File: zg127ms.J]

1999-7-03

we will remove k5 E baulk from its side in k8 and we will use the same k5 feature numbers for all what will be removed in the E baulk.

[Input File: j718ab.j]

k6

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0006.HTM

description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	entire area outside Ak building,W f45, S f12, E f176	[Input File: j718jo.j]
description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	the entire area W f41 all along side the southern face of f12.	[Input File: zg127ms.J]

daily notes	1999-7-10	ab	an other layer of phytolith, f167, appeared, 10 cm on top of f146.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
daily notes	1999-7-05	ab	a line of stones (f144, f145) has been found adjunct to f12: it might be similar to f107, meaning that they are in line with the pavement same as f96.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
strategy (projected or implemented)	1999-7-13	jo	we will dig f173 below f159, W of f146, to find out if there is a lower pavement, i.e. a step down from f146. We will start digging f175, the equivalent of f73, between f45 to the E and f96 to the W to uncover the remaining paving stones f89.	[Input File: j724ab.j]
	1999-7-21	ab	f86 and f63, which consist of stone blocks fallen from the wall f12 when the pits a14 and a16 were dug, have been broken in pieces and removed. Now we can remove the two "pedestals", on which these fallen stones laid. First we will remove the Western pedestal, f131 under the stone f63.	[Input File: j804ab2.j]
	1999-7-04	ab	we will continue with f103 to the end of the locus at 30 cm depth.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-05	ab	after the complete removal of f103 we will start digging new feature f131, that is the equivalent of f73 (A10 f227), and we will start digging f131 from the area facing a14, where we will dig 200 cm N to S x 200 cm E to W. From there we will dig 50 cm along side the wall f12 in order to find out if there are any similar features to f107, at a lower level.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-05	ab	we will continue to remove the N baulk.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-13	gb	We should consider clearing the whole "paving" f146 assuming it continues uniformly.	[Input File: j718okk.j]
	1999-7-11	ab	we will continue digging f159 farther down in the 200 cm limit W of f146.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-12	ab	we will continue digging f159 farther 200 cm W to the depth of the first portion of the feature 50 cm and we will restart digging f79, filling of a7, that cuts into the Southern edge of f96 to look at f96 from the side to see if it is built on top of an earlier structural element.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-05	ab	we will dig f131 along side the wall f12, starting just to the W of f107 and continuing farther W.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-07	ab	we will dig f131 in two direction: first to the W to see if there is a similar feature of f145, f107, f146; second to see if f146 continues to S.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-08	ab	we will dig what remains of f113, on the top of f146, Eastwards to the limit of f96.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-10	ab	we will dig f159 from the level of the top face of the f146, starting just at the W of the f146 on. We will also remove the reminder of f131 on top of f146 to the E up to f96.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-14	gb	The partial brick paving f146 is later, though it must obviously be in function of a (ceremonial?) use of this corner. It goes with the use of repeated mattings. (It is however a few courses deep: originally deep or rebuilt like the thresholds in the doorways?) We should remove the bricks and watch out for signs of possible rebuildings.	[Input File: j718okk.j]
	1999-7-22	ab	we will continue to dig the filling (f170) of the drain (f169).	[Input File: j804ab2.j]
	1999-7-21	ab	okk puts relays numbers in all k6 so that she and bp can take relays of the entire locus, to plot what cw has already drawn (see sketch nr. 1, 1a).	[Input File: j804ab2.j]
	1999-8-04	ab	today, with the help of jlw, we wil take the last relays, including f 252, f253 and f251, to plot the final situation of the main structures in the locus. For the measurements we create thrre new control markers m5014 (r335), m5015 (r336) and m5016 (r337).	[Input File: j804ab2.j]
notes on recovery	1999-8-06	ab	as we clean for the final pictures in the whole locus, we find out that the brick pavement, f253, is continuing towards the wall f12 and stops ca.15-20 cm before. Therefore we took new relays (r375-6) to complete the plot. okk also observed that the pebbles-sherds pavement, which covers the big stones f89, continues under the wall f12, under the stones f87.	[Input File: j807ab.j]

Deposition

definition of process(es)	1999-7-14	gb	Z1-I reviewed more carefully the stone paving f146, and it does not extend to the entire corner between the two walls. Rather, it juts out in a shape with a footprint slightly larger than the brick paving f96 just above it. It appears that this was a single defined area that matched the recess in the wall. This is very important because herein must lie the reasn for the recess: it FRAMES A PLATFORM that extended south. This platform was originally made of stones, and then it consisted in bricks and matting later.	[Input File: j718okk.j]
	1999-7-14	gb	It is clear now that the stone paving at the corner of the two buildings is indeed a pavement, on the Northern side, there is a raised layer of stones that focus a bench set into the niche like a recess of the wall. This "bench" continues straight to the W end of the wall, and it serves as a ramp course as well. Why would the wall have these recesses (which match the inside arrangement of rooms)is unclear.	[Input File: j718okk.j]
	1999-7-18	gb	Here is a possible resolution of the drain/platform problem (see Claudia's drawings and photos). Phase 1 - The platform is built originally with AK: it fits in the niche, and it is bonded with the wall. At this point the platform is raised above the ash floor to the West, and reaches all the way to the corner of AK and AR [the new building]. The drain is slightly higher than the base of the platform: it is built nicely with well fitted stones, and has a fairly high opening in the wall. This all goes with the first floors of AK: on the inside, the top is well baked bricks (flush with the floor) and then continues with stones once it dips below the floor level. -Phase 2. Floor accumulations rise towards the platform (as seen in southern section), and progressively the relationship between drain and platform is inverted. The second phase of the drain consists of poorer stones, but it cannot get higher than the top of the opening. The platform is overlaid by three components: a stone ledge along the AK wall, a brick plattform on top of the Eastern half of the stone plattform, a nd a dirt floor with reed "matting" on the top of the Western half of the stone plattform. - Phase 3. The non-palace use of AK: plattform and drain are no longer functional, and the same plain, undifferentiated accumulation develops that we know inside AK.	[Input File: j720okk.j]

Manufacturing

assumption

1999-7-13

Our basic assumption has been that the "paving" f89 could not really be a pavement because it matched the bottom of both walls f16 and f45. For this reason, we assumed further that bricks f96, "matting" remains f110, 116,158 and stone pavement f146 were steps leading up to the side of the platform. Now, however, we found stones at the bottm of pit f172 that seem to be the same as those of f89 (at the corner of the two walls). If so, this must indeed be a pavement. It may then be explained as follows. The wall f16 and the wall platform f166 were built at this particular juncture without foundation trenches. We had demonstrably the same situation in area A5 wher the walls were sunk into the ground by only about 20 cms. The inside of AK was partly raised with heavy packing (western part of secion c) and partly dug into the higher gound of the tell (eastern portion). The platform, too, rested directly on the ground (without foundation trench) of the western side, and was sunk into a foundation trench n the eastern side.

[Input File: j718okk.j]

k7

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0007.HTM

description (summary)	1999-6-10	jo	at the corner between f16 and f45	[Input File: zg1183ms.j]
description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	A12 corresponding number of A10 k19	[Input File: zg127ms.J]

length of two sides	1999-6-10	jo	100 NS	[Input File: zg1183ms.j]
length of two sides	1999-6-10	jo	100 EW	[Input File: zg1183ms.j]

k8

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0008.HTM

description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	E k5	[Input File: j718jo.j]
description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	500cm x 500cm E k5.	[Input File: zg127ms.J]

daily notes	1999-7-10	ab	a15 and the floor f148 are the continuation of (contemporary) f183 and the set of tannur a 28-30, f113, f111, 143, f145 are contemporary with f182 and a27.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
strategy (projected or implemented)	1999-7-04	ab	we will finish the removal of k5 E baulk and we will start removing k8 N baulk.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-03	ab	we will remove the E baulk of k5 and N baulk of k8, which will allow us to follow the full the W and N extent of the bricks f111, the floor f106 and f113 before digging any of them.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-05	ab	we will dig into a small part of f111 to see if its function is to be a cover of any type, specially because the hole in its NW side suggests a hallow space beneath it.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-10	ab	we will dig f160 and f161, then we will start removing the floor f148.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-12	ab	because of the time limitation we will continue digging only to the south of f111.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-07	ab	we dig f138 W of f143, f144 and remove f113.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-08	ab	we will remove part of f143 to follow the floor f148 and to see if there is any continuation of f148 beneath f111.	[Input File: j718ab.j]

length of two sides	1999-6-26	jo	N-S500	[Input File: j718jo.j]
length of two sides	1999-6-26	jo	E-W500	[Input File: j718jo.j]

k9

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0009.HTM

description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	SE k5	[Input File: j718jo.j]
	1999-6-26	jo	500cm x 500cm SE k5, S k8.	[Input File: zg127ms.J]
	1999-6-29	jo	located exactly at the path of the wadi running through from NE to SW corner of the locus, which is apparently eroded by the wadi. It is possible that material culture of III mill. is very close to the current surface.	[Input File: zg127ms.J]

daily notes	1999-7-10	ab	a number of isolated stones keep appearing in k9 at different elevations, such as f109, f164 and f119 in k10; some other stones were not given a feature number because it was clear at the time of uncovering that they were not a part of any structure.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
strategy (projected or implemented)	1999-7-04	ab	we will remove f119 and dig the locus farther deep.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-05	ab	we will continue to dig f129 below the floor f120 and a12.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-03	ab	we will start removing the floor f114 and continue digging vertically.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-10	ab	we will finish removing f136 to uncover completely f157 then we will start excavating f149 along side the N and W edge of f149.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-11	ab	we will remove the N baulk.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-07	ab	we will finish up to remove the items and qitems of a 14 and finish excavating f134, then we will dig f136 in the area surrounding a13.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-08	ab	f136 will be dug apart 10 cm deep to the level of f149.	[Input File: j718ab.j]

length of two sides	1999-6-26	jo	N-S500	[Input File: j718jo.j]
length of two sides	1999-6-26	jo	E-W500	[Input File: j718jo.j]

k10

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0010.HTM

description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	S k5	[Input File: j718jo.j]
description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	500cm E-W x 400cm N-S, W k9, S k5.	[Input File: zg127ms.J]

strategy (projected or implemented)	1999-7-04	ab	we continue to dig f118 (a11) and f115 in the rest of the locus.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-05	ab	in a11 we will start digging f128, the 4th feature equals f40 (A10 f194). In the rest of the locus we will start excavating f130 which may be the brick fall of a brick wall, that might be found below.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-11	ab	we will remove the E baulk	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-07	ab	we will dig feature f140 W of f142 to the level of f68 (A10 f222) and will clear up the top surface of f142 by removal of f 133.	[Input File: j718ab.j]
	1999-7-08	ab	we will dig f141 farther down and will dig f154 in the SE corner of k10.	[Input File: j718ab.j]

length of two sides	1999-6-26	jo	N-S400	[Input File: j718jo.j]
length of two sides	1999-6-26	jo	E-W500	[Input File: j718jo.j]

k11

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0011.HTM

description (summary)	1999-6-10	jo	northern end of k5 cutting f69, N of f16	[Input File: zg1183ms.j]
description (summary)	1999-6-26	jo	A12 corresponding number of A10 k18	[Input File: zg127ms.J]

length of two sides	1999-6-10	jo	100 NS	[Input File: zg1183ms.j]
length of two sides	1999-6-10	jo	100 EW	[Input File: zg1183ms.j]

k12

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0012.HTM

description (summary)	1999-7-11	jo	N half of k8	[Input File: j718jo.j]
description (summary)	1999-7-12	ab	N half of k8, starting at f111. We stopped excavating in this portion of A12 on j712 because of the time limit we have for this season.	[Input File: j718ab.j]

k13

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0013.HTM

description (summary)	1999-7-12	jo	k8, k9, k10 and k12 combined	[Input File: j718jo.j]
description (summary)	1999-7-12	ab	after the removal of the N baulk of k9 and the E baulk of k10, all of k8, k9 and k10 are joined together in one locus, k13.	[Input File: j718ab.j]

daily notes	1999-7-21	ab	we took some pictures of the whole locus and some detailed ones (p.e. f125 white plastered pavement).	[Input File: j804ab2.j]
strategy (projected or implemented)	1999-7-13	jo	we will continue excavating f136 in the Southern part of k13, towards the possible stone wall f157 and also we will excavate f168, f171 presumably pn top of f35 and f42.	[Input File: j724ab.j]

k15

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0015.HTM

1999-7-16

W square

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

strategy (projected or implemented)	1999-7-18	gb	The only thing that is certain about AR (see -lb) is that there is a Western edge to the brick platform and a white floor on top of a portion of it. Snce the Western edge goes into the Northern baulk of k15, an important first step to take is to remove this baulk and follow the edge of the platform. Since the baulk is very near the surface, and there is short, we will not draw it, but only take a picture of it.	[Input File: j718gb.J]
strategy (projected or implemented)	1999-7-18	gb	The only thing that is certain about AR (see -lb) is that there is a Western edge to the brick platform and a white floor on top of a portion of it. Snce the Western edge goes into the Northern baulk of k15, an important first step to take is to remove this baulk and follow the edge of the platform. Since the baulk is very near the surface, and time is short, we will not draw it, but only take a picture of it.	[Input File: j718gb.J]

k16

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0016.HTM

1999-7-16

middle between k15 and k17

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

721

We went down within gully wash at the south end of locus, but did not reach bottom yet even tough it is very deep (186 at end). Removed portion of f201 (red bricky).

[Input File: j718gb.J]

k17

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0017.HTM

1999-7-16

E square

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

1999-7-22

We started to dig again in k17- noticing a mix between the red and a gray color. We are digging down watching for a continuous line of the red color or stones, as seen in k16

[Input File: j718gb.J]

k18

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0018.HTM

1999-7-20

S of k15

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

721

Removed soft Wadi Wash throughout locus, in a slope from E (top) to W. Exposed red brick material in SE corner (f218), grey bricky mass (brickfall? f215), stone row (f220)

[Input File: j718gb.J]

k19

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0019.HTM

1999-7-20

S of k16

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

721

Only a small patch of red in SE corner (f221). otherwise, mostly a grey bricky mass. I removed N. baulk without drawing section: the profile is simple, a straight line sloping W from corner to corner, with only top soil. Removal of baulk will allow us to reach faster the curving line of stone in k16.

[Input File: j718gb.J]

notes on volumetric localization

1999-7-22

I decide to remove baulk without drawing it because it is indistinct and we are running out of time. We'll only draw the outer baulk of the equivalent of a 10 by 10 square (k15,16,18,19). The main reason is to obtain a view of "gate" a22

[Input File: j718gb.J]

k20

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0020.HTM

1999-7-20

S of K17

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

721

levelled a sloping level S (top) to N throughout locus. Reached a uniform grey brickfall f219, throughout locus, then turned over work crew to fab.

[Input File: j718gb.J]

k21

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0021.HTM

1999-7-25

2m extended from k18 to the west

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

k22

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0022.HTM

1999-7-25

area within a22

[Input File: zg519ms.j]

k23

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0023.HTM

description (summary)	2000-6-26	jl	Part of k21 west of blocking stone of doorway; also, area outside of corridor to north and south of blocking stone itself	[Input File: k627jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1054	[Input File: M815jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1247	[Input File: M815jl.j]

2000-7-03

Today we continued to take down the baulk in k23 or former k21. okk photographed the baulk yesterday in order to document that the gullywash extends all the way down to the stones. The soil of the gullywash is typical, lots of vertical sherds with no visible surface found in section. The material is very soft and contains very little organic material. It is interesting to note that in the south eastern side, next to the southern baulk, a small area containing an ashy layer is visible. There is also red bricky material in large chunks spread out throughout the area. It is possible that this material became trapped in between the stones and formed pockets of brick but since it was found throughout the area we are assuming it is somekind of brick fall similar to the one found in k18 and k19 (f215, f217). We stopped digging at this layer since it was apparent that we were no longer in gullywash.

[Input File: K703lr.j]

k24

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0024.HTM

description (summary)	2000-6-26	jl	Part of k21 within corridor, east of blocking stone	[Input File: k627jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1051	[Input File: M815jl.j]

w26 2001-9-01 / jmf / [Input File:M718jl.j]

w38 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]

w36 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]

w37 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]

k25

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0025.HTM

description (summary)	2000-6-26	jl	Test trench excavated in season 12 at west side of k22	[Input File: k627jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1051	[Input File: M815jl.j]

2000-7-16

As of q-lot 683 in k26, all of k25 has been subsumed into k26, and the whole area will be dug as k26.

[Input File: K716jl.j]

k26

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0026.HTM

description (summary)	2000-6-26	jl	square area of k22 east of test trench and west of circular area	[Input File: k627jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1054	[Input File: M815jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1247	[Input File: M815jl.j]

2000-6-28

Inside the rectangular area we excavated approximatly 10cms down noting the ashy layer of f307 which was on top of the area. Underneath the ashy layer is a reddish ^a different from the ash. This ^a was given a new feature number f308.

[Input File: K703lr.j]

v162c 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163b 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v162a 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164i 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v164j 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v165a 2001-8-27 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v165 2001-8-27 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163f 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v163g 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163d 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163c 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163e 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v164c 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164d 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164e 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164f 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v164g 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164h 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v166a 2001-8-27 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v166 2001-8-27 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
w26 2001-9-01 / jmf / [Input File:M718jl.j]	w28 2001-9-03 / jmf / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w29 2001-7-12 / ci / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w38 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]
w34 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w32 2001-7-12 / ci / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w36 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w37 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]
v179 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v179a 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v180 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v180b 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]
v181 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v182 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v183 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v184 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]
v185 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v185a 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v186 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v186a 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]
v190a 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v191 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v188c 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v186b 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]
v187 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v187a 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v188 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v188d 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]
v189 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v190 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v193 2002-9-09 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v195 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]
v205a 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v205b 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v205c 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v205d 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]
v208 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M914jl.j] 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j]	v208a 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M914jl.j] 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j]	v208b 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M914jl.j] 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j]	v205 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]
v205e 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v206 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v206a 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v206b 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j] 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]
v207 2002-9-13 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j] 2002-9-13 / ms / [Input File:M922ms.j]	v197a 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v198 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v198a 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]
v195a 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v196 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v196a 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v197 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]
v201 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v202 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v203 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v221 2002-9-18 / dc / [Input File:M918jl.j]
v207a 2002-9-13 / ms / [Input File:M922ms.j]	v207b 2002-9-13 / ms / [Input File:M922ms.j]	v285 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v285a 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v287 2003-9-10 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j] 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]	v283 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v283a 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v284 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v284a 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v292 2003-9-10 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j] 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]	v288 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]

k27

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0027.HTM

description (summary)	2000-6-26	jl	Circular area in east of k22	[Input File: k627jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1054	[Input File: M815jl.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1247	[Input File: M815jl.j]

daily notes	2000-7-03	lr	We continued digging inside the structure beginning in the west towards the east. The material is a mixture of ash and a brown ac which flakes off easily. The workers completed two small pick runs, the first run about 6 cms down, and the next one about 10 cms down. The feature remained the same since there was no significant change in the soil content. Lots of sherds and bones were collected. A large fissure was found at the same line as the vault f303. A smooth surface is visible, this was photographed by okk v98. This line is rather puzzling for it suggests that something was leaning against this surface, so k27 leaned on k26, creating a smooth vertical surface.	[Input File: K703lr.j]
	2000-7-10	jl	Today has brought some unusual surprises. We removed the pit f325 this morning and began digging the locus. We soon saw the outline of an area of slightly grayer earth in the SW corner, which intersects both the mud wall and the S baulk. The earth within it is slightly harder than the rest of the ^ac. Also, in the SE corner, there is evidence of a red layer, a black layer, and another red layer in a ring, the outer two of which are about 20cm wide. It is possible that these are vertical layers, cut almost horizontally by us. Finally, there are more strange vertical fissures in the N half of the locus, much small than the main one of f321.	[Input File: K710jl.j]
	2000-7-11	jl	We took a picture of the area of grayer, harder dirt in the SW (similar to the arrow f327) and then excavated down. The workmen have been finding an exceptional amount of pottery today: one 70cm slice filled up two pottery q-lots.	[Input File: K711jl.j]
	2000-7-13	jl	In our new pickrun this morning, three new features appeared. Around the circumference of the circle, there appears to be a separate layer of material, between 10 and 20cm thick, either red or yellow-brown in color. It is on the opposite side of the fissure f321 from the wall f326. Because we have the step of material next to the wall, it is impossible to tell whether it continues there. A thick ashy layer appeared along the N half of the square. Finally, a number of larger stones are beginning to be found in the ^a.	[Input File: K715jl.j]

relays (applicable to elements)	2000-7-27	smp	567 (39798 36417 - 8017 / Relay location: NE)	[Input File: K806SMPR.J]
relays (applicable to elements)	2000-7-27	smp	568 (39564 36289 - 8021 / Relay location: SE)	[Input File: K806SMPR.J]

v119 2000-7-17 / jl / [Input File:K717jl.j]	v118 2000-7-17 / jl / [Input File:K717jl.j]	v118a 2000-7-17 / jl / [Input File:K717jl.j]	v118b 2000-7-17 / jl / [Input File:K717jl.j]
v118c 2000-7-17 / jl / [Input File:K717jl.j]	v160 2001-7-19 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v161d 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v161e 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v161f 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v161g 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v160a 2001-7-19 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v161 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v161a 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v161b 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v161c 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v162c 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v163 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163a 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163b 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v162 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v162a 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v162b 2001-7-21 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v165 2001-8-27 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v164a 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v163c 2001-7-30 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164b 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164c 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]
v164d 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v164e 2001-7-31 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	v166 2001-8-27 / jl / [Input File:L827jl.j]	w26 2001-9-01 / jmf / [Input File:M718jl.j]
w28 2001-9-03 / jmf / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w29 2001-7-12 / ci / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w38 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w34 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]
w32 2001-7-12 / ci / [Input File:M719jl.j]	w37 Lxxx / lr / [Input File:M719jl.j]	v179 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v179a 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]
v180 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v180b 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v181 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]	v180a 2002-9-04 / jl / [Input File:M904jl.j]
v182 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v183 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v184 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v185 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]
v185a 2002-9-05 / jl / [Input File:M906ms.j]	v192 2002-9-09 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v192a 2002-9-09 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v192b 2002-9-09 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]
v188b 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v188c 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v186b 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v187 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]
v187a 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v188 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v188d 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v189 2002-9-07 / ms / [Input File:M911jl.j]
v190 2002-9-07 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v193 2002-9-09 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v194 2002-9-09 / jl / [Input File:M911jl.j]	v209 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M914jl.j] 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j]
v204 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v210 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v210b 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M914jl.j]	v210c 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M914jl.j]
v199 jl / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v198a 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v196 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v196a 2002-9-10 / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]
v200 jl / jl / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v204a 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v204b 2002-9-11 / ms / [Input File:M914ms.j]	v211 2002-9-15 / ms / [Input File:M915jl.j]
v212 2002-9-15 / dc / [Input File:M915jl.j]	v212a 2002-9-15 / dc / [Input File:M915jl.j]	v217 2002-9-16 / ms / [Input File:M916jl.j]	v215 2002-9-16 / ms / [Input File:M916jl.j]
v215a 2002-9-16 / ms / [Input File:M916jl.j]	v215b 2002-9-16 / ms / [Input File:M916jl.j]	v216 2002-9-16 / ms / [Input File:M916jl.j]	v218 2002-9-17 / ms / [Input File:M917jl.j]
v205 2002-9-11 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j]	v222 2002-9-18 / dc / [Input File:M918jl.j]	v222a 2002-9-18 / dc / [Input File:M918jl.j]	v209a 2002-9-13 / jl / [Input File:M922ms.j]
v224 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224a 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224b 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224c 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]
v224d 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224e 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224f 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v225 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]
v225a 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v226 2002-9-30 / dc / [Input File:MX03ms.j] 2003-7-21 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v226a 2003-7-21 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v226b 2003-7-21 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]
v227 2003-7-21 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v227a 2003-7-21 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v227b 2003-7-21 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v228 2003-7-23 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]
v228a 2003-7-23 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v228b 2003-7-23 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v228c 2003-7-23 / jl / [Input File:N723jl.j]	v229a 2003-7-28 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v229b 2003-7-28 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v229 2003-7-28 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v285 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v285a 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v288 2003-9-10 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j] 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]	v289 2003-9-10 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v284 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v284a 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v290 2003-9-10 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v291 2003-9-10 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v292 2003-9-10 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j] 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]	v280 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]
v287 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]

k28

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0028.HTM

description (summary)	2000-8-06	jl	small square for photography pole, W of a32	[Input File: K806jl1.j]
best view	2001-2-26	jl	V13d1245	[Input File: M815jl.j]

relays (applicable to elements)	2000-7-27	smp	571 (41209 31020 - 7943 / Relay location: SE)	[Input File: K806SMPR.J]
	2000-7-27	smp	572 (41326 31014 - 7943 / Relay location: NE)	[Input File: K806SMPR.J]
	2000-7-27	smp	573 (41178 30883 - 7943 / Relay location: SW)	[Input File: K806SMPR.J]
	2000-7-27	smp	574 (41297 30879 - 7943 / Relay location: NW)	[Input File: K806SMPR.J]

Descriptive

notes on typology

2000-7-28

mkb

The sherds included straight necked jars, deep RC2 cup, and other body sherds, all of which date to AA phase 3.

[Input File: K806jl1.j]

v224 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224a 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224b 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224c 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]
v224d 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224e 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v224f 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]

k29

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0029.HTM

description (summary)	2002-9-22	ms	Meter square pit dug for tower. North of A12 proper	[Input File: M923ms.j]
	2003-7-29	jl	inner circle of k27, radius from relay 124cm	[Input File: N806jl.j]
			This is a circular locus within the area of k27. It is a circle with a radius of 124 centimeters, and its center is also the center of k27.	[Input File: N824jl.j]

strategy (projected or implemented)			We created two new loci, k29 and k30. The inner locus, k29, is the circle of presumably uncontaminated material within the center of the ring, over one meter distant from the stone walls of the circle.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
argument			Although it is unusual to create a circular locus, we decided that it was necessary in this case. Our understanding of the circle k27 in the api tells us that later material was regularly being washed into the fissure and was transported down to earlier strata (for a modern example, see v171). This later contamination would corrupt (and, if fact, has corrupted) our pottery lots, potentially giving us inaccurate, later dates for the strata within the structure. Therefore, we needed a way to separate the potentially contaminated soil from uncontaminated material.	[Input File: N824jl.j]

space definition	2002-9-22	ms	r741	[Input File: M923ms.j]
space definition	2003-7-29	jl	766	[Input File: N806jl.j]
length of two sides	2002-9-22	ms	100S	[Input File: M923ms.j]
length of two sides	2002-9-22	ms	100E	[Input File: M923ms.j]

v223 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v23a 2002-9-22 / ms / [Input File:M923ms.j]	v230 2003-7-29 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v231 2003-7-29 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v231a 2003-7-29 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v238 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v239 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v240 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v235a 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v237 2003-8-05 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v232 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v232a 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v243 2003-8-07 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v244 2003-8-09 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v244a 2003-8-09 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v246 2003-8-10 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]
v241 2003-8-07 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v242 2003-8-07 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v275 2003-8-29 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v276 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v277 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v277a 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v279 2003-9-09 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v280 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v281 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v282 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v292 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]

k30

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0030.HTM

description (summary)	2003-7-29	jl	outer circle of k27, radius from relay 219cm, ring surrounding area of k29	[Input File: N806jl.j]
description (summary)			This locus is circular, a ring one meter in thickness around k29, within the area of k27. If it were plotted as two circles, its outer radius would be 219 centimeters and its inner radius 124 centimeters. It touches the stone walls on its outer edge and k29 on its inner edge.	[Input File: N824jl.j]

strategy (projected or implemented)			We created two new loci, k29 and k30. The outer locus, k30, is a ring one meter thick around the outside of the circle k27, to include all of the area that we consider potentially contaminated.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
argument			Although it is unusual to create a circular locus, we decided that it was necessary in this case. Our understanding of the circle k27 in the api tells us that later material was regularly being washed into the fissure and was transported down to earlier strata (for a modern example, see v171). This later contamination would corrupt (and, if fact, has corrupted) our pottery lots, potentially giving us inaccurate, later dates for the strata within the structure. Therefore, we needed a way to separate the potentially contaminated soil from uncontaminated material.	[Input File: N824jl.j]

space definition

2003-7-29

765

[Input File: N806jl.j]

v230 2003-7-29 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v231 2003-7-29 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v231a 2003-7-29 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v238 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v239 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v239a 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v239b 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v240 2003-8-06 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v235a 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v236 2003-8-02 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v237 2003-8-05 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v237a 2003-8-05 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v232 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v232a 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v233 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v233a 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]
v234 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v234a 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v235 2003-7-31 / jl / [Input File:N806jl.j]	v243 2003-8-07 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]
v244 2003-8-09 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v244a 2003-8-09 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v245 2003-8-09 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v241 2003-8-07 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]
v242 2003-8-07 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v246 2003-8-10 / jl / [Input File:N810jl.j]	v275 2003-8-29 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v276 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v277 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v277a 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v278 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v279 2003-9-09 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v280 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j] 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]	v281 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v282 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v293 2003-9-11 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v294 2003-9-11 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v292 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]

k31

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0031.HTM

description (summary)			This locus is in the eastern end of the trench dug in the southern half of k29/k30 during the second half of season N. It is 75 centimeters wide from north to south, one meter east to west (measure from the wall of the api) along the south side of the trench, and 145 centimeters east to west (also from the api wall) along the north side.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
description (summary)	2003-8-11	jl	trench in k27, eastern locus	[Input File: N906jl.j]

strategy (projected or implemented)			We laid out the trench following the line of the previous season's south baulk. In order to preserve the separation between the potentially contaminated and the presumably uncontaminated material, we divided the trench into three loci, k31, k32 and k33. k31 lay on the east side of the trench, and included mostly potentially contaminated material. We decided to excavate 50cm within the trench before turning back to the rest of the circle and excavating it also down to the level of the trench.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
argument			Because of the many fine layers of material within A12 this season, we had only excavated about twenty centimeters by N810. In order to excavate deeper in the limited time which remained in the season, we decided to dig a trench along the south side of k29/k30, the south side of which would follow the line of the previous southern section kept in past seasons. Such a trench would have three advantages: first, it would give us a physical section to draw, rather than the "virtual" section which we have been using up until now; second, it would allow us to dig down much more quickly, since we would be excavating in a much more limited area; third, we would be able to use the section within the trench as a guide for excavating within the rest of the circle, allowing us to dig more quickly in that regard as well.	[Input File: N824jl.j]

space definition	2003-8-11	jl	795	[Input File: N906jl.j]
length of two sides	2003-8-11	jl	145E	[Input File: N906jl.j]
length of two sides	2003-8-11	jl	75s	[Input File: N906jl.j]

v275 2003-8-29 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v279 2003-9-09 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v281 2003-8-28 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v293 2003-9-11 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]
v294 2003-9-11 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]	v292 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]

k32

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0032.HTM

description (summary)			This locus is in the center of the trench dug in the south half of k29/k30 during the second half of season N. It is 75 centimeters wide from north to south, and 142 centimeters from east to west.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
description (summary)	2003-8-11	jl	trench in k27, central locus	[Input File: N906jl.j]

strategy (projected or implemented)			We laid out the trench following the line of the previous season's south baulk. In order to preserve the separation between the potentially contaminated and the presumably uncontaminated material, we divided the trench into three loci, k31, k32 and k33. k32 lay in the middle of the trench, and included mostly presumably uncontaminated material. We decided to excavate 50cm within the trench before turning back to the rest of the circle and excavating it also down to the level of the trench.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
argument			Because of the many fine layers of material within A12 this season, we had only excavated about twenty centimeters by N810. In order to excavate deeper in the limited time which remained in the season, we decided to dig a trench along the south side of k29/k30, the south side of which would follow the line of the previous southern section kept in past seasons. Such a trench would have three advantages: first, it would give us a physical section to draw, rather than the "virtual" section which we have been using up until now; second, it would allow us to dig down much more quickly, since we would be excavating in a much more limited area; third, we would be able to use the section within the trench as a guide for excavating within the rest of the circle, allowing us to dig more quickly in that regard as well.	[Input File: N824jl.j]

space definition	2003-8-11	jl	797	[Input File: N906jl.j]
length of two sides	2003-8-11	jl	142W	[Input File: N906jl.j]
length of two sides	2003-8-11	jl	75s	[Input File: N906jl.j]

v275 2003-8-29 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]

v293 2003-9-11 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]

v294 2003-9-11 / jl / [Input File:N920jl.j]

v292 2004-6-02 / jl / [Input File:O602jl.j]

k33

/MZ/A/A12/D/K/0033.HTM

description (summary)			This locus is in the western part of the trench dug in the south half of k29/k30 during the second half of season N. It is 75 centimeters wide from north to south, 1 meter east to west (measured from the western wall of the api) along its southern edge, and 138 centimeters east to west (also from the api wall) along the northern edge.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
description (summary)	2003-8-11	jl	trench in k27, western locus	[Input File: N906jl.j]

strategy (projected or implemented)			We laid out the trench following the line of the previous season's south baulk. In order to preserve the separation between the potentially contaminated and the presumably uncontaminated material, we divided the trench into three loci, k31, k32 and k33. k33 lay on the western end of the trench, mostly potentially contaminated material. We decided to excavate 50cm within the trench before turning back to the rest of the circle and excavating it also down to the level of the trench.	[Input File: N824jl.j]
argument			Because of the many fine layers of material within A12 this season, we had only excavated about twenty centimeters by N810. In order to excavate deeper in the limited time which remained in the season, we decided to dig a trench along the south side of k29/k30, the south side of which would follow the line of the previous southern section kept in past seasons. Such a trench would have three advantages: first, it would give us a physical section to draw, rather than the "virtual" section which we have been using up until now; second, it would allow us to dig down much more quickly, since we would be excavating in a much more limited area; third, we would be able to use the section within the trench as a guide for excavating within the rest of the circle, allowing us to dig more quickly in that regard as well.	[Input File: N824jl.j]

space definition	2003-8-11	jl	802	[Input File: N906jl.j]
length of two sides	2003-8-11	jl	138w	[Input File: N906jl.j]
length of two sides	2003-8-11	jl	75s	[Input File: N906jl.j]