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Loci and squares

The site of Tell Mozan is arranged in an excavation grid. Regular loci follow the grid defined by points. Depending on the special conditions of the terrain and of the excavation strategy, this grid can change in orientation. We excavated in thirteen loci in J6. Nine of these are regular 5x5m squares (k82, k83, k84, k70, k71, k72, k73, k74, k75, k64, k65) while 4 are irregular shaped and smaller in size loci (k85, k86, k87). A special locus is k200, which corresponds to the trench excavated by the German team in jears 1998-2002. K100 does not belong to J6 in terms of location, but it was documented by the J6 team. This locus is located in Unit C2, to the south of the Plaza. Five smaller loci (k101, k102, k104, k105, k106) were opened within the regular loci to allow for smaller o deeper soundings.

To the right are the regular squares.

To the right are the irregular squares. They follow the excavation grid, but are smaller because of the trench to the west.

To the right are the loci. They do not follow the excavation grid, are smaller and made for test soudings.