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-wk 6 picks and 18 in support reported for work. Salaam Hessu absent.

k 25
dy finished removing topsoil, f307, and began removing accumulation, f312.

k 15
dy finished excavating accumulation, f308 around wall, f309.  Stopped to preserve the wall structure for future seasons when the structures in the vicinity can be thoroughly excavated.

k 41
dy began excavating topsoil, f311.

k 24
dy began to explore the nature of a combination of accumulations surrounding accumulation f306, which we once believed was a floor that had retained water in a basin-like space between walls. Began to remove accumlation, f314, in the NW corner which was dark and soft. Removed a 1m by 2m block of accumulation, f313, from the SE corner. Began to scrape f306 thoroughly and found a pinkish oval mass of brick-like material, f315, in the middle of the southern third.

f 311
df ts
ds topsoil in k41 that has been converted from a mixture of both loess and backfill from the MZ6 excavations.
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tc co f327

f 312
df ts
ds soft, granular accumulation under topsoil, f307, in k25.
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f 313
df a
ds accumulation in the SE corner of k24. In section it looks much like the mud plaster structures that we see in the E-W line of squares from k21 through k24. However, it was not as dense and hard as f305, directly to the north, and it contained more pottery, 2 q-lots, than one would expect from a plaster wall or foundation.

f 314
df a
ds accumulation in the NW corner of k24 that we thought was a pit. As we dug, it became evident that the pit, f317, was farther to the south along the west baulk.

f 315
df bkg
ds a reddish oval mass of brick-like material in the middle of the southern third of k24. Its long axis was N-S, while its short axis was E-W. Among the possibilites, it may be the bottom of a pit, often lined with red clay, or a stand for a large basket.
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