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2008-8-2 | rE |
The north part of the baulk in J1.
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2008-8-4 | rE |
Yesterday we left a portion of f240 and today we took a picture of it to show how it overlays f239.
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2008-8-6 | rE |
today we removed part of f239, we tried to follow the slope of the ash below under it. Then we didn't continue removing f239 because we wanted to check if it's continuing south under f265. So we decided to remove f265 first.
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2008-8-10 | rE |
Today we assigned a new feature number f272. We started removing it to uncover f239, which under f272.
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2008-8-13 | rE |
We removed the last part left from f272, to reach f239. Then we started removing f239. We removed small piece left from f265 in the west part of k127.
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2008-8-14 | rE |
To the west of k127 we have f259. Next to this feature we have some pebbles f279, so we removed the rest of f273 to figure out the function of these pebbles.
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2008-8-17 | rE |
today we are still removing f239, and trying to follow the slope of the ash in the west part of k127.
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2008-8-19 | rE |
Today we started removing f278, to follow the early escarpment f196. Then we found out that f196 slopes to the south under f278, and makes like a step a little bit far to the south matching so to say f239.
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2008-8-20 | rE |
We are still removing f278, and following f196.
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2008-8-25 | mM |
We opened a new small trench near to the wall f72. hB took the necessary measurements to fit it to the grid. We considered the first 20 cm as top soil because this area was left exposed for a long time. We named the topsoil f282. Underneath it we found the new feature f284, and we started removing it.
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2008-8-26 | mM |
We further cleaned f278 near f259.
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2009-7-21 | lC |
Today we removed the remaining part of the later escarpment f239 in the western part of the locus. On the other side we started to excavate the small east step, removing the ashy layer f303 and the accumulation f305 looking for the surface of the early escarpment. However the situation is unclear, also because the area has been exposed for several years. The pottery analysis of f306 could help us to determinate if this feature belongs to the late or to the early escarpment, being below an ashy layer similar to f241.
[Input file: T718LC.J / T718LC.-J]
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2009-7-23 | lC |
Today we just cleaned the northern part of the locus looking for mud bricks belonging to f296. Because of a change of strategy we stopped for now to excavate in k127 and we moved in the upper step to the west, new k129, to expose the later escarpment and to check the relationships between the row of flat limestone slabs J05 f188 and the escarpments.
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2009-7-27 | lC |
Today we excavated just in this locus. We removed part of f299 and then we started to excavate f294 looking for the sloping surface found below f299. We didn't finish to remove f294 in its entire surface and probably we will finish tomorrow. Today Adeed put new corner markers for k127 reducing its dimensions for strategy reasons, to have a nice south section.
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2009-7-28 | lC |
Today we finished to excavate f294 and we started to remove f296 to the north, until f309 probably the earlier escarpment cut in antiquity. At the end of the day we took a photo of the excavated area highlighting the numerous fragments of mud brick.
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2009-7-30 | lC |
Early in the morning dM took photos of the surface of f294 and f296 showing all the fragments of broken mud bricks that characterize the big filling of the second escarpment. We removed part of f299 still in place, that seems the same of the other two features and it is right above the sloping surface f317. Removing f294 in the southern part of k127 we uncovered a small layer of ash. We gave to this layer a new number ( f320) and we took photos showing its relationships both with the surface f317 and the accumulation itself f294. f320 was then removed and the soil below seems still mixed between ashy lenses and mud brick chunks.
[Input file: T731LC.J / T731LC.-J]
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2009-8-1 | lC |
A small portion of f294 was today removed in southern part of k127, but we concentrated the daily efforts in removing f296. We reached almost the level of the lower stones of the Chalcolithic wall f288, and tomorrow we will check carefully all the edges of f296 in relationship with the cut escarpment.
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2009-8-2 | lC |
Today we removed small portion of f296 to the level of the lower stones of wall f288, seen so far. Actually no other stones have been uncovered at the level of the previous ones, but we can't exclude that they could be deeper because of the cut f321 still going down. The edges of the cut are clear both to the north and to the west, but it seems to me that we haven't yet reached the bottom of the cut. Anyway the filling f296 seems starting to change, it is darker and ashier, and some Late Chalcolithic sherds were found. Also f294 was continued to be removed looking for the slope of the hard surface f317.
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2009-8-3 | lC |
Today we finished to remove f296 in the northern half of the locus. We assigned a new number to the accumulation below, f329 that seems to be LC II. Also f294, still part of the ED III filling was removed uncovering a hard compact layer, very similar to f317 in composition, but not sloping and without a clear surface. We are still removing it and we hope next days to expose all the surface of f317.
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2009-8-5 | lC |
We removed f327, the compact accumulation above the sloping surface f317. Then we started to remove f317 in order to uncover the ashy layer f278 that we already know it is in between the two escarpments, at least in k127, from previous seasons. Removing the layer f317 we didn't find a really soft ash layer, but a gray ashy sloping accumulation, but without clear edges. Because it wasn't easy to follow it, we stopped and probably tomorrow we will start to remove the ashy layer. We hope so to be able to follow it uncovering the surface underneath, probably belonging to the early escarpment.
[Input file: T808LC.J / T808LC.-J]
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2009-8-6 | lC |
We started to remove f278. Excavating this hard gray accumulation we found an orange compact layer, very irregular and sloping almost to the south and east. Our first idea was that this could belong to the early escarpment f196 because we assume the succession of first escarpment, ash and second escarpment, recorded last year is the same here. Anyway next days we will check the relationship between this low orange accumulation and the upper part of early escarpment next to the revetment wall. It is also difficult to distinguish between the surface damaged by erosion or removed by the later cut. The surface here seems eroded by waters because similar to its upper surface.
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2009-8-9 | lC |
As planned yesterday we removed just few centimeters more of the ashy accumulation f278 to find the bottom of the cut/erosion of the early escarpment and older layers. Then, after the pictures of all cleaned area were taken, we started to remove f196 in order to expose the wall f288. f196 appears well preserved to the east of the stones f307 probably part of the escarpment to divert the waters coming from west. In fact to the west what we thought could be the eroded surface of the escarpment was instead still part of the ashy accumulation f241/ f278, and once removed, other stones, probably belonging to an earlier structure, were uncovered. Tomorrow we will check but we assume that these stones could be part either of the wall f259 or f288.
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2009-8-10 | lC |
Today we continued to remove f196 uncovering more stones belonging to f288 and other stones of wall f259. We also cut the east section of f196 already cut in antiquity, in order to see if f196 was at some point stopping, above probably Chalcolithic levels, but it seems almost the same. On the contrary we uncovered another medium sized stone probably at the base of the early escarpment like the other belonging to f336.
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2009-8-12 | lC |
Today we finished to remove f345 in the eastern half of the locus. At the same time we continued to remove f329 exposing more stones of wall f288 that is going deeper and other stones unorganized probably the same of f336. Then we gave a new number f349 to a different alignment of stones, running E to W, that seem more organized. This alignment functions as a kind of boundary because to the south there is a clear surface, maybe a floor f348, while to the north just the accumulation f329 and f347. We also started to remove f279 exposed since last year, and very damaged from the work next to the chafat. Right at the end of the day we uncovered other two stones of f288 going to the east.
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2009-8-13 | lC |
Today we finished to remove f347, uncovering a new layer f350, a orange accumulation full of charcoal fragments, pieces of burnt bones and small white chunks. Also this feature was in part excavated in order to look for the bottom of wall f288, that is continuing to the east, but also it's going deeper. Next to a8 we are still removing f345 that seems to have also ashy lenses. One of these lenses was thicker and, because there was a clear semicircular edge I thought it could be a pit. But looking for the edge we saw that is a true layer so we assigned a new number f354. Removing this layer, more collapsed stones were uncovered. These stones seem sitting in f347, and there are at least two levels of collapsed stones.
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2009-8-15 | lC |
In k127 we assigned a new number to a thick ash layer below f345, that seems running from east to south-west also abutting the face of wall f259. It was uncovered removing a part of f345 still in place in the southern half of the locus. Looking for the bottom of wall f288 we removed accumulation f350 and the accumulation f355, showing a harder surface, orange in color, similar to that one of f350. Just few centimeters below we found three orange mud brick in line running north to south and going under the base of wall f288. The wall is stopping and we took pictures showing it. We stopped here because the goal is reached and because the situation starts to be too complex to be excavated in a such small area. Next to the bricks f356 we found also i75, i.e. two complete obsidian blades, a flint flake and a clay wheel.
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2009-8-16 | lC |
Today we continued to excavate in front of walls f259 and f288 to expose their faces. We assigned a new feature number f358 to an accumulation found in part below f345 and below the ashy accumulation f354 that is extending to the south next to the face of wall f259. Once removed completely the ashy layer we started to remove this accumulation uncovering other medium sized collapsed stones. To the north, almost in the middle of the excavated area we uncovered a layer of small pebbles embedded in a brown accumulation with few sherds. This layer is not so compact, but enough distinctive to assign a new number, f359. Next to the end of the day we cleaned all the collapsed stones f336 and f349 to take pictures next day.
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2009-8-17 | lC |
Today we started removing two stones f361.1 and f362.2. These were two big floating stones, perhaps showing a second moment of the collapse of the walls f259 and f288 shown by the stones f336 and f349. Then we removed the accumulation f359 with small pebbles and numerous stone flakes maybe coming from the collapse of the big stones. More stones of the walls f259 and f288 were exposed. And it seems that the stones forming the lower part of both walls are quite big and regular in shape.
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2009-8-18 | lC |
Today, last day of excavation, we cleaned all the k127 area, removing the last few cms of f359 to the north and removing few cms of f362. Then we cleaned all the collapsed stones and highlighted the stones of walls f288 and f259.
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