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-dy The top elevation for the southern most stones in the German trench north of k3 is top@9243, the top elevation for the stones f45 in k3 is top@9252, for the stone near the northern baulk of the eastern half of k13 it is top@9233, for the stone is the northwest corner of k13 it is top@9234, and for the stone near the southern baulk of k13 it is top@9210. Of these only the last stone is at an elevation significantly different from all the rest. That stone also does not seem to sit on another stone. Hence it is probably an isolated, eroded stone. The other two stones in k13 are also perhaps isolated stones, while those in k3 are most likely in situ. 
--i Our targets for the book (the stones for the possible apron, temple terrace wall, the plaza level) are most likely located under a few meters or even several meters of soil. The soil we have excavated thus far has been natural accumulation and includes patches of softer and harder soil. The harder patches could perhaps be melted brick material but there are not well defined pieces of brick. The soil also does not have any distinct color. fAB mentioned that the temple terrace to the north of the unit is constructed of very distinct red soil. The terrace cannot be the source of the accumulation in our unit since this accumulation is clearly not red. This begs the questions where did all of this soil come from. While some of it certainly can be wind-blown, I would maintain that not all of it is. I doubt the soil would have packed in patches like it has if all of it was wind-blown and subject to similar natural forces. Perhaps some of it is erosion from later structures surrounding the plaza. In J01 East of MZ16 the soil layers they excavated through were uniformly hard. Perhaps the soil there is all the result of wind erosion. J02 is perhaps closer to later structures (like the structures to the south of J02) than the more central area of the plaza.

k 14
dy Sylvana drew the N baulk. We did not draw the east baulk; GB did not think it was necessary.
sg Tomorrow we should be able to take down the north and the east baulks of the unit.

k 4
dy Sylvana drew the northern baulk of the unit.
sg We will take the northern baulk down tomorrow to connect k5, k4, and k14.

k 5
dy I drew the northern baulk.
sg We will take down the northern baulk tomorrow.

k 13
dy We started the day with f30, which consists of the same natural soil matrix as everywhere else, i.e. patches of hard and soft soil. Towards the end of the day I changed the feature into f31. Originally I defined it as ly since it does not differ from the soil above it. I did the division arbitrarily in order to make it easier to separate q-lots. After one pickful we found a large stone near the northern baulk of the unit. Since this stone is probably a part of the stone apron flanking the temple steps, I decided to define the feature as ld, accumulation associated with the stones. 
sg Tomorrow we will continue down to the level of k4, k5, and k14 and of course leave any stones we find pedestalled.

k 3
dy We continued going down with f25, natural soil matrix. At the interchange of q62 and q66 we found several large stones. These stones are located 9 cm higher than the southern most stones in the German trench to the north of k3. While this difference is not much, the stones are clearly higher up than I expected to find stones associated with the apron. From the German trench it seems that the apron is sloping down and hence stones belonging to the apron should be deeper in k3 than in the German trench. It is possible that stones visible in the German trench are not the original top most stones and that the stones in k3 are. Another possibility is that the stones in k3 are eroded stones. I doubt that, however, since there are quite a few of them and they sit quite densely together.
sg Tomorrow we will continue down around the stones. I will changed the feature number for the soil around them.

k 100
dy The machine worked without problems most of the day. Towards the end of the day, however, one of the hinges on the shifter broke.

f 31
;df ld
ds Soil layer in the eastern side of k13 associated with the large stone near the northern baulk. The soil is still the result of natural accumulation, but since we apparently started reaching the stones of the "apron" I considered it appropriate to separate soils starting from this elevation from those above. The soil matrix still consists of patches of harder and softer soil.