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July 5, 1988

A.M.

The shallow cut on the north side of the rocks in H 96-97 was completed to the balk, bringing the depth here to approximately 50 cm. while the original trench floor was of the yellow galetra type, the cut revealed a layer of burnt soil extending the entire length of the cut. This burn corresponds roughly to the burn seen in the balk section drawn last week (see pg. 59 ). Soil discoloration (varied) and flecks of carbonized material were evident throughout the cut, although the few remains found generally did not appear burnt themselves. Preliminary clearing of the rocks indicates that they are above the burn layer - further work will be done.

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The 25 cm. cut in F-G 93-97 was extended into F-G 92 to remove the offgrid "balk" that had been left. This will facilitate both the clearing of the plaster to the west (by removing extraneous dirt) and excavation of the curent area to the east. This cut turned up large amounts of tile (2 cassette) and substantila amounts of pottery and bone, incluing several pieces of fine grey ware, a piece of molded storage pottery (find #6), painted pottery (find #4), and several pieces of apparently worked bone (finds 3 and 5). In addition, a lump of bronze (find #7) and a piece of bronze slag were found.

The stump in H 91-92 was cleared on the south side, revealing numbers of tiles, most notably a cover tile preserving full width resting on a pan tile. These will be lifted when the stump is better cleared.

1987 fill in G-L 88-89 continued to be lifted and dumped, so that the plastic covering can be removed.

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P.M.

The 25 centimeter cut in F-G 92-97 was completed (while the floor of the trench was flat, because of the slope of the hill the depth in the east end of the trench was about 25 cm, in the west end about 30 cm). The cut yielded one cassetta of tile and one box of pottery.

The west side of the stump in H 91-92 was cleared, revealing a large number of roof tiles stacked atop each other (random pattern). The southwest side of the stump (from the two tiles discovered this morning around to the west) was also cleaned. These areas will be photographed before removal of the stump is attempted. 1/4 cassetta of tile and one box of pottery were excavated.

A new 15 cm. cut was started in F-G 92-97 (specifically, here, in G 93 and G 97), to reach the top of the plaster/burn area visible in the balk. (The depths will range from 40-45 cm. when the cut is completed, because of the slope.) Soil in the west grid was a crumbly, almost sandy, yellow brown. In the east grid it closely resembled shale/galetra. Very little tile or pottery was recovered, but the exposed floor of the west grid shows pieces of tile

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which will be removed during the next cut.