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-sf pC with cC, nV, mNH and aS stayed at home doing some templates. Before breakfast cC and aS drawn the E section of k82, hB and mNH drawn the E section of k82, vN the N section of k64, and the N section of k63 me and hB the N section of k62.
-mk Today bP put some control points in the E section of k82 (m4376) and k83 (m4377 and m4378).

k 74
dy Today we continued and finished to remove the N baulk of k73 (f40, q77). We stop digging at the elevation of m4245 +39 -143. I would have liked to move the workmen in k72 in order to remove the N baulk of this unit. However, given that after tomorrow I would like to take a general view of J4 without all the W-E baulk within the various units, I moved half of the team (Masood Bijou, Ahmed Hessu) that was working in k74 to k64 and the other half (Kawa Hassu, Bengin Amin and Salah Sadi) in k61. These unit are still very hight in elevation. The team working in74 is working really very well since the very first day of the excavation.

k 64
dy Today we continued digging f38 with the big pick in all the unit (q76, q82). As already noticed yestartedy, f38 is characterized by a compact soil mixed to patches of soft soil. The only change I have observed, is that at the elevation of m4301 +53 -145, although the feature presents the same matrix it is very soft in consistence. f38 is characterized by a loose and very fine texture, it is clayish, it leaves color on fingers, and dusty when removed). It is the same of f37 in k63, f36 in k74 and f35 in k62. At this elevation I also noticed that the feature is characterized by the presence of phytolots, which are uniformily spread within all the unit; these are particulary concetrated in the SE corner of the square, giving a light grey-whitish coloration to the soil. After breakfast (Ahmed Hessu and Bengin Amin) have been working here. At the end of the day we reached the same elevation as in k74 in all the unit. Tomorrow we have to prepare the E and W section and then we can start removing the N baulk of the unit.

k 62
dy Today we continued digging f35 with the big pick all the unit (q75, q80). The matrix of the soil is the same as yesterday, and still few big roots are present and uncovered as we dig. f35 is the same of f37 in k63, f36 in k74 and of f38 in k64. At the elevation of q75 we exposed a stone in the NW area of the unit; two other stones have been exposed at elevation of q80: one in the NW corner, the other close to the E section of the unit. At the end of the day we reached the same elevation as in k72 in all the unit. Tomorrow we still have to prepare the E and W section and then we can start removing the S baulk of the unit. 

k 61
dy We opened this locus today, which is a 500mx500m square. It is delimited by the following markers: m4354 (NE), m4356 (SE), m3668 (SW) and m4244 (NW). The N baulk is only partially preserved (its NW corner is completely missing). We started by removing the topsoil in all the unit (f42, q78). f42 is characterized by the presence of few bushes and is very compact in consistence, and is greyish coloration; once removed it had a platy structure and lots of roots which gave to the soil a dark brown colour; it is poor in pottey sherds. After two pick runs, we assigned a new feature number to the accumulation below the topsoil, which seems to be the same natural accumulation as found in other unit (f43, q79, q81). f43 presents a medium compact consistence, once picked is crumble and present a loose texture, and it is dusty when removed (characteristics similar to the topsoil). It is light brown in colour.
-wk Hussen Husseni and his team will be working in this unit. After breakfast I moved here Adel and Akmet (from k74) in order to have 3 pick-men and 3 shovel-man. The goal is to reach by the end tomorrow the same elevation as in k81. We would like to take a general view of J4 on thursday early in the morning in order to have a general vire of the area at the same elevation of the second apron of J2.