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-sg Strategy discussion in the field with gB, fAB, mKB and J4, J1, J3 staff on what to do in the final week to meet the season's goal. Before the beginning of the excavation it was expected to expose in J4 the secondary Apron and a staircase, specular to the ones exposed in J2. However, up to date, we do not have clear evidences that support the possibility of finding the secondary Apron and a staircase here. gB underlines how the only clear indication concerning the possible secondary Apron in J4 is given by the strong line of alligned stones in k71 (f10): these give the impression of being specular to the secondary Apron as exposed in J2, in spite of their different elevation. Furthermore, a part of being much higher in elevation respect to the secondary Apron (as it is exposed in J2), these stones do not seem to continue under the S baulk of k71 as well as in k72 and k62, where, given the present elevation, we should have already exposed them, or at least some of them. Therefore, at present, we do not know if f10 is part or not of a possible secondary Apron, and thus, we do not have a conclusive answer concerning this aspect. One hyphotesis, is that f10 could be part of a secondary Apron, disturbed in k82 and k83 (in J2 E to the staircase), and preserved here, or it could belong to a different structure, located in this portion of the terrace or in the NE area of the terrace. We therefore agreed that it could be interesting to investigate whether f10 continues in k70 or not. 

-sg CONTINUED The strategy therefore is to open locus 70 (only 200m N to m3666) in order to investigate whether f10 continues in this half square. The other clear information we have in J4 area, it is given by the alligned stones in k62, f84. However, also in this case we do not know its real nature, i.e. whether f84 is a wall or a drain. In support of the hyphotesis that f84 could be a drain, are the following characteristics: its inclination and the shape of the stones, which do not have a very nice face/shape as it could be expected instead for a wall. Contrary to the possibility of f84 as a drain it is that in its NE portion it is constructed with small stone, the lack of a floor and of a structure it could be belong to. These two characteristics therefore suggest that f84 can be a wall; however, as already underlined, as a wall it does not have a nice face/shape. f84 stop in k62 and it does not have any connection with what we have exposed so far in the unit. It also seems that this is the lattest structure we have in the unit. In order to understand if f84 is a wall or a drain there are two possible strategies: one is to dig S to f84 and look for its section; another is to remove a stone and look for where it is sitting. We decided for the lattest. Finally, the third clear information in J4 is given by another strong line: f93 in k73 (the bin). The bin seems to be on a small courtyard, with a pebble stones on the W. gB underlines that similar bins have been previously exposed at Mozan: in A18 (also located in a courtyard, close to some graves) and in the temple area. West to the bin f93 there are some alligned stones. Some of these seem to belong to the secondary Apron (the second and third line of stones exposed in k83), while other (i.e. the lowest line exposed in k83) could be originally part of the secondary Apron but here located during a re-organization of this portion of the area occurred in a later period, and this is why we do not have so many floating stones in k82 as in other areas of J2. In order to understand if this hypotesis is correct, the strategy is to dig in the S area of k83 and in k84. Here at present no structures have been exposed, and therefore we can dig "safely" in these two squares in order to investigate whether here there will be the steps of the primary Apron. Concerning k84, gB suggested to leave a safety baulk of 100m W to the wall f127 in k84 in order not to undermine this wall. We will also continue digging in k72 in order to look for the possible steps of the secondary Apron in this locus.