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fAB |
One of the most important goals of our work this year will be to maintain a "top notch" book - a perfect record of the work done in this year. This is important because it is a new book working in a new sector. There are no other books in this sector, so it is possible that in future A10 extends to include all of sector C. A perfect book is vital to future work because it will provide an interface between the stratigraphic components that have been removed and the ones that are being discovered. [Input: H613FAB.J]
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fAB |
Tomorrow we must excavate two diverse strata: the later level in ks 3,2 and 5, and the earlier level in k1. The later level appears to be a structure, with a tannur possibly linked to it (k5). The strategy for excavating this strata is this: to go down in k3 following and defining the wall until the floor is reached. The floor may have been the hard laminations seen in the extreme E of k2. GB will bring the new students tomorrow to teach them on this wall. The second operation in this strata is to step the S part of k5, below the tannur, which is still topsoil due to the sharp slope of the mound/wadi in this point. This will give us a better understanding of the tannur in relation to the material in k2, and help define the relation between the angled surfaces and this later occupation. The second strata is the presumed AK wall in k1. This we will approach from two directions: from above by digging through the bricky mass until we reach a solid wall, and from the section. The section we will divide into two portions, the N and S parts. Since the wall is 120 cm, we think that Diadinn can dig only half, giving a nice visual representation of the wadi fill that remains and the wall surface behind. Relays will also be a prioirty, especially if the wall does come out on the surface of K1. [Input: H616FAB.J]
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fAB |
Tomorrow we plan to make a big push to remove the two baulks between k1 and k2, and k2 and k3. If there is time left over, we will remove the step left to the E in k3, where we have only been digging the E half of the locus. As for the rest of the week, I hope to spend Sun finishing the baulks if needed, k3's step, and the scattered occupation layers. Monday to Thursday will find us digging k8 and 9, linking the A8 wall to A10. It is optimistic, but I hope to come down on the A8 wall by Thursday. At that point a major decision must be made: do we go down in the AK rooms to the first floor, or do we continue to open more loci and increase our understanding of the footprint of the building? The only factor that remains to be considered is whether or not the AK building extends to the E. This will be determined when we remove the step in k3 and can see the extent and limit of the S wall. [Input: H704FAB2.J]
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1997-07-16 |
lKA |
Yesterday gb helped us marshall our various desires concerning the excavation of A10 for the rest of the season. He believes that three goals are now within our reach. First, the removal of the baulks between k4 and k5, k5 and k8, and k5, k8, and k9. Toward this end, we have already drawn sections of the first two and removed the one between k4 and k5. Second, we should be able to dig down in a22 quite a good ways, since the room is fairly small. Third, it would be most desirable to see whether visible portions of the E-W running wall in k11 has stopped because of a jog, a door, or a corner. BWP has laid out the dimensions of the extension of k8, and we hope to start digging it as soon as possible. [Input: H716LKAD.J]
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