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f 102
ds Topsoil layer in k26, contains roots. All the pottery was collected in the pottery q-lot. From this layer two items were found: an iron pin i27 and the bronze arrow head i29.
el 9381 @top
wm loam
co yellowish brown
c# 10YR5/4
hd compact

f 101
ds Topsoil layer in k25, contains roots. All the pottery was collected in the pottery q-lot.
el 9347 @top
wm loam
co yellowish brown
c# 10YR5/4
hd compact

f 96
ds Installation constructed of mud brick probably in relationship with the drain f83 immediately to the south of it. Few brick lines are visible but mostly obscure forming a bricky mass with a highly compact surface similar to bricks. Some vertical bricks are recognized next to the drain. It could be a substructure sustaining the drain or a wall separating the drain and the area of the pebble pavement f80 from what was to the north.
el 9364 @top
wm clay
co very pale brown
c# 10YR7/4
hd hard

f 95
ds Mud brick wall probably running north to south found looking from the east section of k12. The wall seems to be exactly in the N-S baulk similar to f77 between k13 and k14. Some mud bricks are visible also in the west section of k13, so we assume that probably the wall f95 is at least 100 cms in width. We are not sure about its length that seems to be about 150 cms. This wall is constructed of red and gray bricks, of quite irregular dimensions.
el 9362 @top
wm clay
co 10YR6/6 10YR7/2
c# brownish yellow light gray
hd compact

f 88
ds Fill inside the wall or box structure f64. It is a soft ashy soil found below the vertical bricks of f64, where one brick was missing. It seems quite disturbed visible by the numerous rodent holes present. The fill is soft and just a small part of it has been excavated so we don't know how deep it goes and the relationship to the wall or structure.
wm ashy
co yellowish brown
c# 10YR5/4
hd soft

k 101
dy Today we continued to remove the baulk between our k101 and the old A19k99, looking for the continuation of the vertical mud brick wall f115. After removing f119, considered as a fill inside the structure, we found more vertical bricks just above the bricks already exposed, in the northern part of the baulk. Towards the west we didn't find more bricks and tomorrow we will continue to excavate f119. In the northern part of k101 we continued to remove the brickfall f94 in order to find a good face of wall f84 that seems to continue towards the west. At the beginning we thought that the mud bricks belonged to structure a2, but after rethinking the situation we realized that the bricks are horizontal (not vertical like a2) and thus pertinent to the wall f84. So it seems that the structure a2 abuts in part the wall, but the situation is still unclear. While cleaning the north sections, looking for the face of the wall f84, we found some courses of mud bricks above two courses of stones that could be the foundation of the wall, but only in the eastern part of the wall for about 100 cms in length. Towards the west only three courses of bricks are preserved and they seem to be lying above different layers of accumulation, ashy layer and red/orange soil, maybe bricky or burnt material. In the western section of the k101 we found some hard gray bricks, forming probably a wall, preserved for at least three courses. The sure presence of the wall and its relationship with the other features are still to be checked. Almost at the end of the morning in the north-western corner of k101, below the brown soil of f94, a compact gray soil was uncovered, maybe bricky material, that tomorrow we will uncover.

f 84
dy In the northern part of k101 we continued to remove the brickfall f94 in order to find a good face of wall f84 that seems to continue towards the west. At the beginning we thought that the mud bricks belonged to structure a2, but after rethinking the situation we realized that the bricks are horizontal (not vertical like a2) and thus pertinent to the wall f84. So it seems that the structure a2 abuts in part the wall, but the situation is still unclear. While cleaning the north sections, looking for the face of the wall f84, we found some courses of mud bricks above two courses of stones that could be the foundation of the wall, but only in the eastern part of the wall for about 100 cms in length. Towards the west only three courses of bricks are preserved and they seem to be lying above different layers of accumulation, ashy layer and red/orange soil, maybe bricky or burnt material.

f 94
dy In the northern part of k101 we continued to remove the brickfall f94 in order to find a good face of wall f84 that seems to continue towards the west. At the beginning we thought that the mud bricks belonged to structure a2, but after rethinking the situation we realized that the bricks are horizontal (not vertical like a2) and thus pertinent to the wall f84. So it seems that the structure a2 abuts in part the wall, but the situation is still unclear. While cleaning the north sections, looking for the face of the wall f84, we found some courses of mud bricks above two courses of stones that could be the foundation of the wall, but only in the eastern part of the wall for about 100 cms in length. Towards the west only three courses of bricks are preserved and they seem to be lying above different layers of accumulation, ashy layer and red/orange soil, maybe bricky or burnt material.

f 115
dy Today we continued to remove the baulk between our k101 and the old A19k99, looking for the continuation of the vertical mud brick wall f115. After removing f119, considered as a fill inside the structure, we found more vertical bricks just above the bricks already exposed, in the northern part of the baulk. Towards the west we didn't find more bricks and tomorrow we will continue to excavate f119.

f 119
dy Today we continued to remove the baulk between our k101 and the old A19k99, looking for the continuation of the vertical mud brick wall f115. After removing f119, considered as a fill inside the structure, we found more vertical bricks just above the bricks already exposed, in the northern part of the baulk. Towards the west we didn't find more bricks and tomorrow we will continue to excavate f119.

k 12
dy After the meeting in the field of this morning with gB and fAB we decided to go down to the floor f117 showed in the western edge of the f82 and f52. Because of the difficulty to find a good face for the bricks that are visible on top of the f82 and in its western edge, the best thing seemed to go down to the only sure thing, that is the floor. But looking for the pavement f117 we decide to try to find a good face of the bricks and after removing about 20 cms toward east we found a quite good face. So we decided to follow this face in depth until the pavement, but after about 20 cms we found an almost horizontal layer, very compact. It could be a sort of floor, and it seems that it has been exposed because just above it there are some traces of laminations. It could be in relation with the bricks uncovered today, if they form a wall, or with the bin, still to excavated, in the eastern part of k12.

f 117
dy After the meeting in the field of this morning with gB and fAB we decided to go down to the floor f117 showed in the western edge of the f82 and f52. Because of the difficulty to find a good face for the bricks that are visible on top of the f82 and in its western edge, the best thing seemed to go down to the only sure thing, that is the floor. But looking for the pavement f117 we decide to try to find a good face of the bricks and after removing about 20 cms toward east we found a quite good face. So we decided to follow this face in depth until the pavement, but after about 20 cms we found an almost horizontal layer, very compact. It could be a sort of floor, and it seems that it has been exposed because just above it there are some traces of laminations. It could be in relation with the bricks uncovered today, if they form a wall, or with the bin, still to excavated, in the eastern part

k 3
dy After the removing of the bones from the pavement f112 to avoid possible damage, we continued to remove the northern part of the eastern baulk of k3. After removing f29 we uncovered the pavement linked to the pavement f73 in k4 and two red flat bricks.

f 29
dy After removing f29 from the eastern section we uncovered the pavement linked to the pavement f73 in k4 and two red flat bricks.