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.rd N821

-dy Today, our last day of work, we continued excavating the platform of f443 which lay behind f445.  We actually discovered another small section of f445, which was at a different angle from the main slope, and which we apparently cut while excavating the trench.  We photographed and removed it, bringing the platform to the level of the trench.  We also removed the f444 band along the west side of the circle up to the edge of a38, and then removed the mud ledge f423 along it, revealing a very wide and long section of fissure.  Finally, we excavated the last portion of f444 in the east, on top of f449, the white layer, up to the eastern edge of a38.  At this point, we quit excavating, saving all a38, the f440/f446/f449 white layer, the southern baulk, a large section of f423, and a small area of f443 bordering on f446 as witnesses of this season, for further photography and possibly excavation.

.rd N820

-dy Today, we removed the rest of f448, the fill in a38, exposing the mud ledge f423 behind the pit and the edge of the presumed cut f447 itself.  We excavated f444 both in the east, over f449, and in the west, trying to bring it to the level of the trench.  We brought the area of f443 in between f445, the sloping face, and f446, the white layer, down to the level of the trench, and, even though f445 did not end, we photographed it and began excavating the platform of f443 against which it lay, since we did not want to leave too many platforms in between seasons.  Finally, we did some exploratory digging in the mud ledge along the western wall, in an effort to explain the difference between f423 and f450, which actually appears on the face of the mud ledge in the north.