.bk A10
.fl h704fab2.j
.fd h704
.fn edited by mDP - ZJ218
.ri fAB
.rd h704

k
8				square to the E of k5
9				square to the N of k5 and k8
11				k10S + k1 + k2 + k3

k 11
>l k1
>l k2
>l k3
ds This locus comes into being to reflect a decision to remove the baulks between k2 and k3, and probably k10.
k 8
ds This locus is an expansion of A10 to the N. The reason for this expansion is to connect A10 to A8, linking up the footprint of the building.
k 9
ds This locus is an expansion of A10 to the N. The reason for this expansion is to connect A10 to A8, linking up the footprint of the building.
q
158	pb	83	5
159	pl	94	5
160	pb	12	2
161	pb	67	3						around wall
162	p	83	5
163	b	99	7
164	pb	50	2
165	p	97	3
166	p	99	7
167	p	58	2

q 161
ac Unfortunately, this q-lot was assigned to two different volumes. one of them was f68 in k1, a pottery bag, and the second was f67 in k3, with both a pottery and a bone bag.
v 1
ds A view of the first days of excavation, this view shows the initial four loci of A10.
v 2
ds This shot shows the exectation of the S wall of AK, with view D showing the section of k1 with the trace of the wall that we hope to find.
v 3
ds This is a detailed shot of the section of k1, and the wall that we hope to find in K1,2,3.
v 4
ds This view shows the relationship between the pit and the tannur, (f13). Incidentally, it also shows the context of the grave, a2, before it was uncovered.
v 5
ds This view shows nicely the very last layers of the scattered occupation, and the wall below.
v 6
ds This is (we think) the gypsum floor that represents the first floor of AK, with the section containing a trace of the S AK wall.
v 9
ds A view of grave a2 before we opened it.
v 10
ds A portion of a2 has been dug.
v 11
ds This shows grave a2 with the bricks sealing the tomb showing clearly. The bricks at the top were turned at an angle so as to block the top, resting on bricks that stragnthened the walls of the pit of the grave.
f 100
ds This is a pit that MKB pointed out to FAB, and in discussing it, it seems to shed a great deal of light on the problems we have been having in understanding the relationship between the S wall of AK and the srange accumulation that is in a cut (?) in the section. This feature is a pit that decends from a high level, perhaps even the scattered occupation layers, but is cut by the strange accumulation that reflects the AK wall. This seems to indicate that f29 is a late cut. Why does it follow the AK wall? Why are there bricks laying flat in f29? What are the soft layers between those bricks? These questions remain, but now we can understand better the relationship between the wall and this section.
-sg 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.