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-dy continued to remove f27 brick melt today

k 13
dy After removing f27 from the north trench in k13, the soil shifted from compact to soft fill mixed with bricks. This morning the western half of the trench was excavated to the level of the eastern half that was left after i9 was found. In this area f30 turned more compact with larger components of bricks visible yet no clear definition suggesting a wall so it was removed. The entire trench was then carefully leveled, scraped, and brushed. Orange bricks surfaced in the northwest corner with clear gray mortar lines visible both in plan and profile view. To the south of the bricks a small area with over fired clay emerged, unclear if this is a brick that was used as a heating surface. The clay here is light yellow and powdery.

k 14
dy f27 is found to the extreme west of the k14 but in the east, the compaction decreases turning more into brickfall with a patch of sherds surfacing in the eastern half. We decided to focus on the eastern half by first seeing if the sherds, f33, continued. 3cms was removed (f32) exposing a rectangular expansion of the sherds f33 running north to south with larger stones emerging at the southwestern end. The stones, f34 appear to be in line possibly forming a wall.

f 34
dy While defining f33 sherd pavement or lense a series of stones were found under f33, concentrated in the southeast corner. The stones appear to be in line forming a possible wall.

f 33
ds Unclear if this is a sherd pavement or a lense of sherds. The sherds extend from the north to the south forming a rectangular shaped area that cap f34, stones. The sherds are lying flat, larger in size, with no other inclusions which contrast to the smaller size of the sherds in f35 pavement.

k 3
dy continued to excavate f31 this morning, the interface between the end of brickfall and ash. In the north portion of the trench, more ash surfaced with small cobbles, tannur fragments, and animal bones. Moving south of this area, a pebble and sherd pavement emerged below f31 extending towards the south. Great care was taken to expose the pavement, spending the entire morning articulating the surface. Plastic tarp was laid down to protect it. After the area was cleaned, we proceeded to excavate beyond the trench towards the west starting with removing 10cms of the brick melt. Approximately 10cms down, a broken jar was found in place, i11. The area was scraped and determined that the brick melt was thinner in this area, reaching ash 10cms below. The jar is not lying flat on a surface but suspended in the ashy with the base at a slight oblique angle. Immediately to the east of the jar, 5cms lower is a large fragment of a tannur or andiron embedded in the ash f36. The entire north area of k3 was cleaned resulting in brick faces and lines but in poor condition making it difficult to determine if these bricks are part of a wall or brickfall.

i 11
dy Broken jar found while removing f27, brick melt. We initially anticipated the brick melt to be deeper since in the trench, the brick melt was approximately 10 cms then brickfall underneath, totally 30 cms until reaching the ash. After removing 10cms in the western half of k3, ash was found with i11 surfacing within the ash. The base is at a slight oblique angle. A large tannur fragment was found immediately to the east and may be associated with the jar.

k 15
dy removed 15cms from the entire locus today. In the morning brick lines were visible that resemble bricks lying vertical. More bricks, lying horizontally, were found in the northeast corner. A19's north section drawing was referenced, showing a mud brick wall running west to east in profile. This suggests that we possibly have the other wall, forming a possible structure. f26 was kept as the matrix covering these bricks until the area is better defined to assign separate feature numbers.

k 2
dy Starting in the locus by removing f27 brick melt, found only in the extreme east and west. Below, ash was found f22 with several stones and a large tannur fragment surfacing in the northeast corner of k2. We then proceeded to remove 5cms of the ash from the eastern area of the locus in order to level the locus (this area is higher in elevation than the west).