.bk A09
.fl J703jlw.j
.fd daily journal
.ei jlw
.ed J703
.rd J629
.ri gb

-sr what appeared to be a wall in k3 has disappeared again.  We have now still many red patches, but masking a fine and rather greasy deposit, with many black chunks and patches of ash.  In terms of absolute elevation, we are within the AK walls, but it hardly looks like palace accumulation.  If the burnt bricks that appear in k5 and the eastern end of k4 reflect a burning of palace walls, we may be on the top of collapsed AK walls, hence in post palace accumulaton.  In other words, it is possible that the service part of the palace did not burn and its walls were preserved to a greater height, but that in the Northern and Eastern portion there was a destruction which caused walls to be preserved to a lower elevation.
-sg We can proceed with the big pick in k3 because the finds are minimal.

.rd J703
.ri jlw

-wk 6 large picks and 33 in support.

-dy added 6 new workmen to carry dirt from k7 and k8 upward to re-enforce the berms.  Increase in capacity allowed both upper and lower levels to work to maximum efficiency.  Lost one hour of dirt removal time on the lower level because the engineer station had to be moved back off a baulk that showed signs of cracking.

f 129
df ly
ds layer of black ashy material contained within f128 and seen principally in section of the north baulk of k6.  Top defined by pieces of brick-like material while the bottom rests on f128.  30 cm thick at widest point and 90 cm long.  Thickest in the west and trails off to the east.  At first I thought it might be ash draped over a wall, but there is no evidence of bricks along the bottom.

f 130
df ly
ds layer of what appears to be reddish soil with imbedded pieces of brick in the NE corner of k3, perhaps residue from a collapsed wall, which we had expected to be nearby, but have not yet found.
ar has many of the same characteristics as f89 in k3, which is also in the NE corner.

f 120
ar mkb believes that the sherds do not form a floor, rather they are evidence of a pot smash.  Parts of a large broken vessel were found to the north and a large quantity were found to the south, albeit at slightly higher elevations.

k 3
dy finished excavating f126 to the level of f74 in k4 and f76 in k5.  Little pottery and bones.
sg we will stop here and await the excavation of the total k3, k4, k5, and k6 surface together as a unit, beginning from the west at the N-S line of stones north of doorway a17.

f 130
df ly
ds A very red band of mixed accumulation and pieces of deteriorated brick.


k 8
dy made excellent progress today, with 3 large pick runs and dirt removal from yesterday.  The extra workmen helped immensely.  However, we need the new wheelbarrows to climb the steep slope.

k 6

f 110
dy excavated the area north of f120 with small pick.  A bronze pin was the principal find.  No evidence of the continuation of what we believed to be a floor.

f 128
dy excavated rapidly, as we did not expect to find any significant artifacts.  Platform by removed by the end of the workday.

-wk  Rashat Sheykhmus suffered an eye injury and was sent home for the rest of the day.

f 126
P1 finished excavating this feature on J703.

-sg leveling in k3, k4 and k6 has proceeded to the point where we can begin to excavate the entire patio to the level of the bricks, f84, in f5.  We must remove the part of the k6 platform to the east of N-S stones, which should be accomplished soon after breakfast using 3 large picks and 3 shovels.  (No artifactual material of significance has been found in the portion just excavated to the east.)  Also, we must remove the SE baulk of k4.  Then we can begin to dig from the stones, moving east.

f 91
dy resumed removal of baulk to complete preparations for excavating the patio area.