.bk A15
.fl N712ms.j
.fd daily journal N712
.ed N712
.ei ms

.rd N712
.ri ms

-wk have 18 workment including 5 pickmen.

-sg cleaned and scraped entire area to get a sense of what is going on. This area, A15 k3, k4, k5, k13, k14, k15 has not been dug since MZ14. Meeting with gb, jw and ms on N711 to discuss strategy for the season. It is unclear what is going on between ph 2, 3 and 4. Do we have a long ph3, or reuse of ph2 with the same layout but different usage. Three goals this season: 1. A15S: understand area; take down to level of walls. 2. A15N: k1, come down to level of palace and understand structure. 3. A15E: new squares continuation of A18 down, time permitting. Sense of A15: four distinct occupational definitions. There was probably a wadi here because there are no houses. The houses are higher up and this could be an explanation of why the wadi was there. Same situation as in AK, no houses in lower elevations. Phases: 6:Wadi 5:Outside of houses, kilns and burials. This is the talus of the settlement - outside of the settlement. Also no large pits as in A16 settlements. 4 and/or 3: Sherd pavement and good cement pavement. Clearly not palace. Possible relation to A9. Ph3 building as it was without changes. Ph4, no palace and rebuilding. 2: Palace might begin to 'lurk' with stones, pavement and well.

k 14
dy we began removing f372 which is a homogeneous fill with few inclusions. f376 are large stones which serve as a natural division with the s portion of f373 from k13.

k 13
dy we began removing f373 which is a homogeneous fill related to kilns and thus ph 5. f373 continues s into k14. There are lots of kiln related inclusions.