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June 27, 2003

First thing this morning, we took another photo of Locus 5 .  We then began our regular routine.  Work today is focusing on Locus 4 .  After a pick-pass, we pick up the loosened debris and smooth out the area with trowels.  By 11:00, the Southern spur had proved once agan particularly productive.  We found a bronze tack that may have gold flakes on the head.

The afternoon was spent in much the same way, though significantly less productive.  Two pieces of painted pottery - probably medieval - emerged from the trench (= Finds #5 and #6 ).  The overwhelming fatigue of a Friday afternoon, however, reduced the amount of dirt moved.

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Pottery Count:  68 total sherds (all from Locus 4 ).  3 undiagnostic bucchero sherds, 6 undiagnostic orange ware sherds, 1 orange ware rim, 52 undiagnostic impasto, 2 impasto rims, 1 coarse ware rim, 1 incised impasto handle fragment (= Find #4 ), and 2 sherds of medieval painted pottery (= Finds #5 and #6 ).

Also found were a sliver of bone, vitrified terra cotta (= Find #1 ), a fragment of cut-out akroterion (= Find #2 ), and a bronze tack with gold on the head (= Find #3 ).

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