.bk OH2
.fl I711jlw.j
.fd OH2 diary
.ei jW
.ed I711

.rd I709
.ri jW

f 5
df subfloor
ds noticed a difference in soil texture as west half of k1 was scraped.  Soil surface hard with small reddish pockets in tan base as compared with greasy uniform red-brown surface of accumulation of f4.  First pick run yielding less pottery than in f4.  Also, fewer charcoal pockets.
c# 10YR4/4
co dark yellowish brown

-dy sixteen workmen under the direction of Abdul Kareem.  jW and jL on site full time to monitor progress.  Installed tent to provide shade to increase productivity and to lessen contrast to aid visibility of features and artifacts

.rd I711
.ri jW

v 4
ds illustrates all the features excavated to date, with particular focus on the soil (f1, f2, f3) and accucumulation (f4, f5) features.  It illustrates how they were more or less uniformly layered.  The view also shows the absence of containment for the accumulation and the top of a possible pit feature just discovered.

-wk fifteen workmen under the direction of Abdul Kareem.  jW and jL are on site full time to monitor progress and record data.

-sg  continue to excavate across the entire locus with small picks.  Be alert to the possibility of containment, either vertically or horizontally.  Scrape the entire locus following dirt removal. being prepared to screen if necessary.  Confirm relative positions of markers and corners of the squares since the latter are being loosened as the work progresses.

-dy cleaned and scraped entire locus in preparation for v4.  Scraped entire locus after first pick run.  Surface becoming far more greasy and color changing to dark brown, Munsell 7.5YR4/4.  No red or gray patches.  Saw a few light patches of accumulation with scattered whiteish stones.

.ri gb

f 5
tx granular and scaly as if from mud brick
co reddish brown
bo occasional lines, as if brick faces, but no clear homogeneous face as if for a wall, nor convincing mortar joins.
M1 possible a subfloor; if so, it is strange that we should hav missed the floor surface, which one would expect to be strongly marked if such a good subfloor was made for it.  A floor surface does not appear in the section either, but the distinction between accumulation on f4 and "subfloor" of f5 is very clear in the section.
ds the decreasing number of sherds and inclusions may support the interpretation as a subfloor.
sg we go down 25cms within f5:  I have alerted workmen to look for possible changes, so they woould stop before the 25 cms if necessary.