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Daily Trench Journal
Area D
Trench 8
June 5, 2007
Recorder: Mila Hover (a.k.a. Melek hanim, MH)
Workers: Cengis, Necat, Sadik
Today, work in trench D8 begins by completing the removal of the top 5cm layer which was left unfinished yesterday on the territory of L134. After finishing the removal of the top 5cm layer in L134, the small mud brick perpendicular to the North baulk is still visible. Our goal is initially to scrape the surrounding surface in order to establish this wall’s dimensions.
Later, the surface of L132 (courtyard) will be brought down by 5cm in the same manner as in L134 to investigate the fill in this area.
During the first 5cm reduction, near the SW corner of the trench, half of an Ubaid painted vessel was found, approximately 7cm east of the baulk. It is surrounded by well packed soil mixed with ash and charcoal pieces. Near the vessel, a scatter of heavily weathered bones and large pieces of mud brick were found. Shortly after that, an animal long bone was observed just below the half vessel. South of this concentration, an animal tooth was located. Additional smaller pot sherds and lithics were found in the fill surrounding the vessel. Carbon was collected for sampling and the dirt underlying the half pot was collected also.
In the second 5cm removal of the top of the L132, near the border with L134, a white lens of compacted grain was found. Sample of the substance was collected. Some charcoal was mixed with it, and carbon sample was collected as well.
Near the West baulk, several areas of ash and heavily burnt small pebbles and pottery appear. Overall, most of L132 contains some amounts of ash mixed within the fill.
Large amounts of grey chert, some obsidian flakes, fragments of pottery (ranging from small to large), bone, shell, and numerous fragmented or whole stone tool implements are present.
During the next 5cm reduction of the surface in L134, the north half of the new brick wall disappeared. The rest is still visible.
The area left from the previous day remains unexcavated.
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Date | 2007-06-05 |
| Year | 2007 |
| Has note | The purpose of the daily journal was to record the activities taking place in a trench each day. This included which loci were excavated, how and why loci were excavated and the ongoing impressions of the relationships among loci. It should be noted that journals record the actions, impressions and ideas of trench supervisors during the excavations. They are not, therefore, the final interpretations or syntheses of the emerging data. |
Suggested Citation
Catherine P. Foster, Mila Hover. (2012) "D-8-2007-06-05 from Asia/Turkey/Kenan Tepe/Area D/Trench 8/Locus 132". In Kenan Tepe. Bradley Parker, Peter Cobb (Ed). Released: 2012-03-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/1acd8032-e2a3-4a99-b896-5667eff917aa> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k25d8sx6v
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