.bk A16 .fl L816LR.J .fd -M726-A.J***L816LR.J .fn Edited by cJC on R714 .rd L707 .ri lR -MK m2502 removed .rd L801 -MK removed vertical control point in k5 L731 .rd L727 -NL f6 not used -NL q150, q253, q293, q436 not used .rd L707 -SN removed baulk between k5 and k6 (east section) .rd L801 a 10 B11 this is a small one room structure utilizing f96, f52, and f113 walls as its defining parameters. The room presumably extends north past the baulk and only a small portion is accessible. The room is entered by the doorway f70 in f52 wall and appears that the room is a vaulted structure since the width of the room at the base of f96, and f113 is 185 cm and at the top of the walls is 160cm showing a difference of 25cm between the top and base width of the room. The walls of f113 and f96 are also plastered and appear to continue down. We assumed we reached the floor at the same elevation as the floor in a8 f125 but after inspecting the surface it appears that only a small portion in the doorway is a floor while the rest of a10 continues as brickfall. f 52 ;F02 ab f0125 F02 bo f0096 F02 bo f0113 f 54 F02 co f0096 F02 co f0113 F02 co f0130 .rd L707 f 58 ;B11 on the south side of the all f52 granular with charcoal mixed in and soft. .rd L801 ;f 70 B11 doorway J01 137 J03 80 f 80 ;F02 ab f0089 ;F02 ab f0125 ;F02 bo f0089 ;*** it is not clear if ab or bo J01 100 J03 22 f 81 F02 co f0102 ;F02 co f0126 f 89 F02 ab f0080 ;F02 bo f0080 ;*** it is not clear if ab or bo J01 128 J03 60 f 93 ;F02 ab f0125 f 96 ;F02 bo f0052 ;F02 co f0054 J01 165 f 102 ;F02 co f0081 ;F02 re f0125 J04 54 ;f 113 ;F02 bo f0052 ;F02 co f0054 f 114 B11 mud brick wall located at an angle running south west to north east protruding out of the north baulk in k107. this wall is seen in A10 east section, damaged on the northern portion by water making it difficult to see the bricks from above the north baulk. The wall contains 16 courses of bricks in height with each brick measuring 10cm in thickness. The wall presumably continues north east and is at the same angle as a1, a2, and a11. Underneath the wall is an ash layer with a thin reddish brown clay in the middle of the ashy layer then another set of bricks f158. Most likely f158 is the foundation for f114. f 125 F02 ab f0052 F02 ab f0080 F02 ab f0093 ;F02 re f0102 f 126 F02 co f0081 f 130 ;F02 co f0054 F02 co f0134 f 134 ;F02 co f0130 f 135 J01 45 J03 35 f 158 J07 3 f 180 J04 70 J07 15 k 110 C01 In k110 removed the foundation stones from a1. In k108 we still have not reached the stone pavement and are deeper than 8500 which is the elevation of the pavement of A13. We decided to pound in a metal shish to see if there are stones underneath and found that the shish hit something hard. The metal shish was pounded in at the elevation of 8498 and we believe to hit something by the next 25-30 cm. .rd L707 q 207 A99 q207 = f48 ;.bk A16 ;.fl L816LR.J ;.fd N203LR.J***L816LR.J .rd L801 .ri lR ;-DY Continuing excavating to the west of k5, extending it to 6 meters. Three new loci were created k108, k109, k110. a 10 B11 A one room structure containing walls f96, f52, and f113 (f52 is the E-W long wall). Only a small portion of walls f96 and f113 are visible and extend into the North section where we presume they continue to form a functional one-room structure. In the wall f52, there is a doorway f70, which serves as an entryway into a10. The walls f96 and f113 appear to be curving in, almost vault-like, and are plastered on the inner surface. A measuring tape was used to measure the current bottom of the room, which measures 185cm from the base of f96 to the base of f113. The top surface was measured at 160cm, which shows that the structure widens at the bottom similar to a vaulted tomb. Since we have two vaulted tombs in close proximity, a6 and a9 it is possible that this is another tomb. However, we will not know until the area north of A16 is excavated which we anticipate in the next few seasons. a10 also functioned along with a8, and we believed that the floor f125 extended into a10 but it appears that a10 goes deeper and f125 existed only outside of the structure. f 16 B11 Topsoil approx 5-10cm in thickness then merges with brickmelt thus, this feature contains a mixture of brickmelt and topsoil. .rd L707 f 48 C01 Three lithic grinding stones were found in f48 brickfall. These items have been labeled as components C1,C2,C3 and a photo has been taken showing the position in which they were recovered within the brickfall. These three lithic grinding stones may belong to the same artifact and shows the slope of the brickfall. .rd L801 f 49 B11 Brick melt layer mislabeled as accumulation. This feature covers the brickfall a4, and is in a sense brickfall but just the top portion which after years of exposure to the elements broke down faster than the brickfall below leaving a soil granular in texture with small chunks of multi colored bricks and sherd inclusions. The brickmelt ranges in thickness since it is found on a slope ranging from 78-120cm in thickness, being thicker on the north side. In section the feature appears to have a rain marked texture looks like blobs of clay melted and clumped together. f 52 B11 this is a mud brick wall running East to West composed of reddish pink bricks averaging 37cm in length and 10cm in thickness with light gray mortar fill. The width of the wall is one whole brick and a half with a current height of 21 brick courses. It is possible that a second, earlier wall is underneath this wall slightly shorter in length, but it is unclear. The wall shows two areas of collapse and stress; one in the western end where the bricks appear to be lesser in length at the bottom (15-20 cm) causing the top bricks from the wall to shift down from the pressure, and the second, in the Northeast where the bricks collapsed from the doorway. The Northeast area is unclear for this reason. This wall is part of a10. .rd L707 f 58 ;B11 Located on the south side of f52, soft granular material with charcoal inclusions. f 60 B11 Pit containing large chunks of bricks and individual bricks lying in oblique angles with pockets of soft material in-between the brick masses. The pit appears to cut the wall f52 and the brickfall to the North. .rd L801 f 69 B11 accumulation found inside f70 the niche/doorway. It is an extension of f81 accumulation in a8 with the same charcoal inclusion only assigned a different feature number due to location in the doorway. f 70 B11 Doorway built into f52 mud-brick wall, which we first referred to as a "niche" belonging to a drainage system. It is clear, based on height and width that it is in fact a doorway leading into the one room structure a10. pr We have carefully examined this feature to find indications for a wood frame that would have supported the door. However, nothing was found. We have partially excavated this feature due to the damage it would cause to the wall if we excavated all the soil out of the doorway. We have left a diagonal section inside the doorway. f 72 ;F02 ab f0168 f 80 B11 Pize wall made of compacted mud with some whole brick, pottery, and bone inclusions. The wall has six half bricks at the top measuring 22cm in width. This wall abuts f52 on the east side and measures 100cm in height. On the bottom of the wall contains some crumbly bricks and it is uncertain if this is the end of the wall or still part of the wall. This crumbly brick measures 48cm in thickness. At the south end of the wall, more of the reddish pink brick is found similar to the bricks in f52 and f96. These bricks bond with the compacted mud, which forms the brick pillar and the hearth, which sits on top of the brick pillar. This wall is part of a8. f 89 B11 A mud brick installation constructed of similar bricks as f96 and f52 walls. The pize wall f80 bonds with this installation on the northern side of f89, forming an attachment that is wider than the pize wall. The "pillar"- like installation is constructed of 13 brick courses in height (128cm) and is 60cm in width, containing a small mud brick construction at the top with two bricks laying flat with a smooth groove running in the center east-west. Another brick lies flat on top of the other bricks. The material resembles a tannur, fired with straw inclusions and for this reason we have defined the top portion as a small hearth with a thicker base. Due to the similarity with the wall f52 and the crude construction of the pize wall f80, we are led to believe that this "pillar"-like installation is the remains of an earlier wall (only a portion of it), which was later re-used as the pize wall f80. This installation is part of a8. f 96 B11 mud brick wall running north south that bonds with f52. The bricks average 37cm in length and 10cm thick composed of the same bricks as f52 with light gray mortar in-between. Currently the wall measures 165cm in height and appears to continue going down. The beginning of the wall is 110cm below the top of wall f52 and begins at the same height as the pize walls. The inside of the wall appears plastered and maybe vaulted. This wall is part of a10. f 113 B11 Mud brick wall running North to Southeast that runs into the North and East sections with only a small portion visible. This wall is part of a10 and bonds with f52. The wall is composed of the same type of bricks as f89, f52, and f96. The inside of the wall appears plastered and vaulted. f 134 B11 floor found only in the southern side that may be a continuation of the floor in a8 f125 but immediately ends and appears to be brickfall with pinkish compact bricks. The floor is medium compacted, beaten-earth floor. f 158 B11 Mud brick wall underneath f114 separated by a thin gray ashy layer with reddish brown color in the center, located in k107. It contains one set of bricks protruding out 25cm under f114. The bricks are three cm in thickness and six bricks in length (30 cm long bricks). The wall is most likely the foundation for f114. f 166 B11 This is a mixture of many features since it was difficult to separate each of the thin layers in the area, one feature was assigned. The feature begins with the accumulation found in the northwest portion of k107 under the wall f158. This area contained a reddish blocky coarse accumulation related to some kind of kiln firing/pit based on the burnt color of the soil and the amount of slag that was found. This is approx 10-15cm thick and under this is a brown fill that continues East with many alternating lenses of pottery. These pottery lenses contained no clear boundaries and merged with each other making it impossible to separate. f 168 F02 ab f0072 k 108 C01 In k108 we still have not reached the stone pavement and are deeper than 8500 elevation, which is the elevation of the stone pavement in A13. We decided to pound in a metal shish (nail) to see if there are stones underneath and found that the shish hit something hard. The metal shish was pounded in at the elevation of 8498 and we believe will hit something in the next 25-30 cm.