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Wednesday, July 4, 2007

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Work began with a pick pass of Locus 6 , in the eastern extension of the trench.  This was done in an effort to determine whether T-23 was backfilled or not, and to bring the floor of the extension to a relatively equal, level elevation.  After one pick pass, we were still unable to determine whether Locus 6 is backfill or a natural deposit.  The soil though is dark brown, with some roots and small rocks, as well as a small quantity of terracotta.

Another two pick passes were made in teh extension.  Soil remains dark brown, claylike, and slightly mottled, even though the floor of the eastern extension is at a lwoer elevation than the level of the Locus 5 , galestra-like floor.  A small piece of plastic is visible in the southern portion of the eastern extension, indicating that Locus 6 may be backfill.  Soil is shovelled into buckets and sorted in the wheelbarrow.

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Diagram of trench

A fourth ipck pass was made in Locus 6 , the eastern extension, and more plastic was uncovered in the nroth.  It seems clear that is brown, mottled soil is backfill.  During this pick pass, patches of galestra-like, gray soil began to appear; in all likelyhood, this gray, galestra-like soil represents to floor fo T-23 and is teh same as teh gray, flaky, galestra-like soil of Locus 5 .

An intact sheet of plastic was found throughout the extension and this piece of plastic was lifted, revealing a gray, galestra-like soil containing alrger rocks and fragments of tile; the floor of T-23, the eastern extension, is approximately 30cm below the current floor of Locus 5 .

The baulk walls of the eastern extension were trimmed, in an effort to better reveal the stratigraphy

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and to prepare for the closing of Locus 6 .

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Baulk walls contined to be trimmed, in order to better visualize the stratigraphy and prepare teh eastern extension for the closing of Locus 6 .  While trimming the baulk walls, an iron nail, which may be archaic (Find #1) was recovered.

While trimming the baulk walls, two large rocks were revealed in the extension of the trench, in teh baulk walls, while there seems to be many small rocks located in teh floor of the trenchy, between the two large ones.  These small rocks do not seem dense enough to constitute a concentration or a packing, and so it seems unlikely that the two large stones are associated.

Diagram of trench

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Closing photos and elevations were taken for Locus 6 .

20070039

20070039

• Find #1
• Baulk trim: east extension/T-23
• Approximately 53.25S/197.76E
• Approximately 27.34m A.E.
• Archaic nail
• Drawing

Locus 6

• Tile and plaster: 1 bowl
• Pottery: 14 sherds
• Bone: 0 pieces

Baulk Trim:

• Tile and plaster: 1 bowl
• Pottery: 18 sherds
• Bone: 2 pieces

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