Trench D6 Daily Journal      July 25, 2002

Today we explored the range of L17 and L15, clearing and articulating both. We found more basalt and stones in L17, as expected. We L17 slopes down to the south and east and vanishes just at the Eastern border of L15. Everything east of L17 is L4 (subtopsoil) and we dug sown ~4cm across the trench. We did not find any more of surface L17, but did find slag in L4 (KT 60, 68) and mud brick debri. In the south we found a line of large stones, possibly a wall.

We also pushed down in L29 another 4 cm, and the debri here seems to continue quite a bit farther. We found one piece of slag (KT 59).

We took L8 down another 3 cm, without much change of material (still very hard, and awkward). We were hoping to find a mud brick surface.

Finally we explored the area between L6 and L20, hoping to learn more about the "yellow curve". We found that it continues and abuts L20, and found a small depression filled with ash against L20. However, conclusions are still far away, and the ash does not seem to connect with the inside of L20.