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v 1
ph This is a view of the north side of k2, showing the ledge of f6 visible in the soil and the traces of it visible behind this ledge, in the baulk.  The diagonal white line across the bottom of the picture is a ray of sunlight, not an archaeologically relevant feature of any sort.

v 2
ph This view shows the burial a1 in relationship to the f6 ledge in k2.

v 3
ph This is a photograph of the two burials, a1 and a2, showing their locations relative to each other and to f6.  v3a is a closeup of a1 and v3b is a closeup of a2.

v 4
ph v4 shows the first observed layer of f20 bricks in k3 as well as the less clear upper layers in section.  v4a is a wider shot, to show the wall in cross-section and in context with the unexcavated ledge around it and the square in general.

v 5
ph v5 shows the location of the small clay head, i7, in k1.

v 6
ph This view shows f35 resting in f34 in k1.  v6a is a closeup of the sherd-stone pile f35, the purpose of which is still unknown.

v 7
ph This is a view of a3, a still unexplained grouping of a broken vessel, shell, bricks, and patches of white material.  v7a is a closeup of one of these white patches.

v 8
ph This shows the row of bricks in k2, f31, and the (presumably) inner face emerging through excavation.  This brick construction is an extension of f20 in k3 (see v4).  v8a is a closeup of the face of the construction.

v 9
ph This view shows the section of the pit, a4, from A12k6.  Since it was taken in sunlight, we took others later.

v 10
ph A view of the pit a4 from A12k6, this time without sunlight.

v 11
ph v11 is a series of views along the south baulk of A12k6.  We took these photographs in order to document the section on the opposite side of which we were excavating, namely loci 1 through 4.  Starting with v11 at the western end of the baulk, the photographs proceed in order along its length to the east, ending with v11g.  v11f and v11g are both of the same section of baulk, since the eastern end was too tall to be captured with one picture.  v11f is an overhead view looking at the whole profile, v11g is a closeup of A12f198, the northern end of the white wall, and red bricky material on which it rests, of an unidentified feature number; at this point, it is not sure whether an A12 feature number was ever assigned to it.

v 12
ph This photograph shows continuing excavation within the brick structure f31 in k2.  v12a is a closeup of the intersection between the bricks and the south baulk of the square, in a failed effort to show the faint signs of another line of bricks proceeding to the west, the third and southern wall of the brick structure, buried underneath the baulk.

v 13
ph This view shows the ledge of f42/f46 in k12.  v13a is a closeup of a6, the apparent burial, and v13b is a closeup of the side of the ledge, which appeared to continue to expand in the soil below.

v 14
ph v14 is a detailed photograph of a6, similar to v13a, but after continued excavation had revealed more of the burial.

v 15
ph This is a view of the pit a4 after the north baulk of k1 had been excavated down to the pit top, but before actual excavation of the pit.

v 16
ph v16 is an overhead view of the pit a4 from the east side of k1, showing the drain and the stones.  v16a is an overhead photograph of the view from the north, standing on the platform in A12k6.

v 17
ph This view is a closeup of the white layer, f57, inside of the pit a4.

v 18
ph v18 is the east baulk of k1, before excavation.

v 19
ph v19 is the eastern baulk of k11, before excavation.

v 20
ph v20 is the northern baulk of k11, before excavation.

v 21
ph v21 shows the pit, a4, in context with the eastern end of the A12k6 south baulk.  One of the main reasons for this photo was to document the red layer visible high up in the A12k6 section, which appears to slope down and through the pit (visible in section, as a result of the pit cut), which might be a continuation of the brickfall which covered the parts of the palace further east.  v21a shows the same view from the western side, as opposed to the eastern.  v21b is an overhead view of the pit from k1.

v 22
ph This view is a direct look at the pit a4 from within A12k6.  v22a is the pit from the north-west, showing it in relationship to the eastern end of A12k6's southern baulk, similar to v21. v22b shows the same scene from the other side, the north-west.

v 23
ph This view focuses on the mud bricks, f73, in the A12k6 southern section and in A14a4, the pit, arranged in no clear pattern but clearly deliberate and cut by the pit.  v23a is a similar view, with the camera rotated.  v23b is a closeup of the clearer, higher layers of brick.

v 24
ph This overhead view of the pit shows the drain over the sherd and stone layer, the result of excavations within the pit a4.

v 25
ph This is the first attempt at a final photo in k11.

v 26
ph This is the first attempt at a final photo in k1.

v 27
ph This is the final photo of k2.

v 28
ph This is the final photo of k12.

v 29
ph This is the final photo of k13.

v 30
ph This is the final photo of k3.

v 31
ph This is the final photo of k4.

v 32
ph This is the second attempt at a final photo in k2.

v 33
ph This is the second attempt at a final photo in k11.

v 34
ph This is the second attempt at a final photo in k1.

f 40
ds After the discovery of another, unknown layer of plastic under f19 in k12, it appears that this is in fact the original topsoil on this section of the tell, covered up in previous seasons by excavated dirt from above.

f 41
ds This is the highest layer of fill within the pit a4.  It is moderately ashy, but very hard.

f 42
ds This is reddish-gray accumulation discovered in the north half of the locus, possibly the same material as f30.  It is equal to f46.

f 43
ds This is brown accumulation discovered in the south half of the locus, probably still topsoil or regular tell accumulation.

f 44
ds This accumulation in k1 is underneath f39 in the area of the north baulk and is equal to f34 to the south.

f 45
ds This set of stones in k11 was later also dubbed a5.  It is a line of large stones, similar to those used in the A12k6 stone platform and the underground building to the south-east of the locus.  We believe that it is an outgrowth of the A12k6 platform, presuming that our theory about the relationship between the platform and the A12a32 underground structure is proven correct.

f 46
ds Equal to f42, it is unclear whether this red step is an accumulation or a damaged bricky structure.  It seems to have a near vertical face, but the top is so rough that it is impossible to tell whether it is eroded brick or brickmelt.  It was numbered twice on accident; all templates will show both numbers.

f 47
ds This burial, next to f46 in k12, is equal to a6.  It contained a number of bones and a bowl.

f 48
ds This is topsoil in k4.

f 49
ds This is the red soil with large chunks of bricks (or perhaps whole bricks) visible in the section of the pit a4.  Further observation shows that it actually extends in both directions beyond the pit.  Originally we thought that it was a wall, since we saw the bricks, but we soon realized that there was no order to the bricks.  Since then, we have expanded our definition to include the larger sloping red layer, of which it seems to be a part.  This is probably an extension of the same brickfall which covered most of the upper palace.

f 50
ds This soil, below f41, filled the western half of the pit, and was very soft and very ashy.

f 51
ds This fill, next to f50, was still very ashy, but was much harder.

f 52
ds Below f50 and f51, f52 was more fill in the pit.  It seemed to contain more medium-sized (i.e. fist-sized) rocks than the previous layers, possibly related to its role as a dump.

f 53
ds This thin white layer filled the entire pit.  It is quite possible that it was a very even layer of decaying plant material.  It is still visible in the section of the dirt columns which bore the stones f55.

f 54
ds This is more fill in the pit, similar to f52.

f 55
ds This feature is the large stones observed in the lower levels of the pit, probably pulled up from the stone platform below.  There are two main clusters of these stones, visible in templates t21 and t22.

f 56
ds This is the drain found in the western wall of the pit, which does not continue on the eastern side.  Presumably, the mouth of the drain was exactly where they dug the pit, and was torn out in the digging process.  The drain visibly continues for a long distance underneath the south baulk of A12k6.  It was probably a drain system for the stone platform itself.

f 57
ds This is another white layer, similar to f53.  It is visible in the section of the dirt pillars supporting the stones f55.

f 58
ds This is more fill, similar to f52, underneath f57.

f 59
ds This seems to be a pebble and sherd fill within the confines of the stone platform at the bottom of the pit.

f 60
ds These are the large stones of the stone platform found in-place beneath f58 and f59 in the pit, a4.

f 61
ds This is the topsoil of the north baulk of k11, equal to f5.

f 62
ds This is the ^a underneath f61 in the k11 north baulk, equal to f23.

f 63
ds This is the ^a underneath f62 in the k11 north baulk, equal to f28.

f 64
ds This is the topsoil in the k11 east baulk, equal to f5.

f 65
ds This is the ^a underneath f64 in the k11 east baulk, equal to f23.

f 66
ds This is the topsoil in the k2 east baulk, equal to f2.

f 67
ds This is the ^ad underneath f66 in the k2 east baulk, equal to f4.

f 68
ds This is the ^ad underneath f67 in the k2 east baulk, equal to f7.

f 69
ds This is the topsoil in the k2 north baulk, equal to f2.

f 70
ds This is the ^ad underneath f69 in the k2 north baulk, equal to f4.

f 71
ds This is the topsoil in the k12 north baulk, equal to f8.

f 72
ds This is the topsoil in the k3 east baulk, equal to f11.