Daily Log

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AM

Began the day excavating in the southern meter of Locus 24 .  AFter one pickpass we are no longer finding any material.  We have now encountered sterile soil in the southern meter of Locus 24 .  We will now excavate loci 19 and 20 .  It now seems that the distinctions between the loci are not as important as previously thought so both these loci will be excavated together as locus 19 .  Commenced a pick pass across Locus 19 .  We are finding a lot of material including a tile with 2 impressions on it (Find #1).  While sorting we have also uncovered an oil lamp fragment (Find #2).  Began to uncover a darker soil and now we will try to find its extent.  Worked on the baulks and found a piece of iron slag (Find #3).

PM

Commenced a pick pass across Locus 19 .  While cleaning up the pick pass a piece of red figure pottery was found preserving the profile view of a woman's face(Find #4).  Also found was a piece of black slip rim (Find #5). We have uncovered a new soil across the entire area of locus 19 .  This new soil will be declared locus 25 and is characterized by a darker softer soil with less material than the layer above it.  It has a munsell designation of 2.5 Y 4/4 olive brown.

Elevations - Locus 25 B.D.

• NE - .40m
• NW - .13m
• SE - .39m
• SW - .08m

Commenced a pick pass across Locus 25.

Material Totals

• 1 bowl terracotta - baulk
• 1/2 box pottery - baulk
• 4 1/2 bowls pottery terracotta - Locus 19
• 6 boxes pottery - Locus 19
• 4 pieces terracotta - Locus 24
• Few pieces pottery - Locus 24
• 1/2 bowl terracotta - Locus 25
• 1/2 box pottery - Locus 25

VdM20060218

• Find #2
• Locus 19
• Ele: .10m B.D.
• .10m W - 7.30m S
• Oil Lamp Fragments

VdM20060197

• Find #4
• Locus 19
• Ele: .36m B.D.
• .79m E - 6.30m S
• Red Figure Rim

VdM20060219

• Find #5
• Locus 19
• Ele: .34m B.D.
• .53m E - 6.30m S
• Black Slip Rim