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-wk 6 large picks, 4 small picks and 31 in support.  Began to loan Kastro Isa and Aymad Muhammad to other units to assist them in drawing sections.  10 workmen under the leadership of Ramadan Khalil worked overtime to excavate k 9.

f 174
df ly
ds ashy layer of soil, about 3 meters long, built up from north to south against doorway a17.  Many small patches of nearly black material, including charcoal bits.
c# 10YR5/2
co grayish brown

f 173
df fc
ds white floor surface first discovered at the end of the 1996 excavation season in A7 to the north of wall, f172.  About 3 sq m in area.  Coating is calcareous because it bubbled when lemon juice was poured onto a sample.  gb mentioned that this kind of floor had occasionally been found in other parts of the AK building.  There are no apparent walls to contain this surface.  Accumulation underneath does not appear to be heavily compacted and the surface is bumpy.  Slopes 8 cm down from N to S.  Elevation of the center is m2209+183-90.

f 175
df ac
ds brownish soil throughout the entire 4 m N-S by 2 m E-W part of the locus being excavated.  Relatively clean with occasional chunks of more red material, possibly related to deteriorated bricks.  May be linked to accumulation, f104, in k3.
c# 10YR6/3
co pale brown

v 37
ph while using a large pick to remove accumulation on an unexcavated platform in k6 that had previously been a part of A2 and A7, Abd-el Kareem found a large bronze axe head, i89 in an ashy lense of soil.  The photo sets the context of the discovery by including doorway a17 and wall stub f172.  v37a is a tight shot of the axe head, while v37b conveys the skill of the excavator who can find and extract such objects while using a tool as large as a full-sized pick.

v 36
ph one of the few calcareous floor surfaces in the AK building, f173, was found in the accumulation, f158, at the top of an unexcavated platform in A7.  The photo places the floor in context by showing its relationship to wall stub, f172, and doorway a17.  v36b is a tight overhead of the floor itself.  The floor surface is very fragile so we opted to take the photo in full light, which diminishes the quality somewhat.  We are excavating nearby and we could have very well damaged the floor.

k 9
dy continued to dig eastern half quickly to reach the level of the plaza floor and locate its possible north boundary wall and a doorway, which we would expect to mirror walls f97, f124 and f1 and doorway a18 respectively.  Working 10 people overtime to accomplish this.  At the end of the day, had about 2 meters to go to reach the pebble floor.
sg tommorrow, J726, plan to use a large pipe to move dirt to wheelbarrow below because lift from present level is just too high to safely perform.

k 4
dy excavating around doorway a18.  Exposing the faces of walls f97 and f1 and excavating the lower levels of the doorway.  Found baked brick threshold, f176 at the north end of the doorway.  Probably associated with pebble floor, f80.

k 6
dy continuing leveling platforms of old uncompleted A2/A7 excavations.  Found calcareous floor, f174, which does not seem associated with any walls.  Found large bronze axe head, i89.  Train has been removed and we are carrying dirt to a nearby pile to use it as backfill.