Trench D6 daily journal       July 27, 2002

Today we were very busy preparing for the final plan taken this afternoon. We finished uncovering surface L17. This surface is very damaged towards the East and does not connect with L30. We cleaned out L14, finding some ash and slag but no definite bottom. We also cleared the debri to the N of L14 but did not find any substantial additional structure.

We also removed the support buffers L21, 22, and 23, leaving only small supports for stability. Under l22 we found foundation stones connecting to wall L10 and extending under most of the back of the furnace (we are not yet able to view everything). L17 does continue under L23 and abuts L20.

We came down in L5 finding more mud brick debri and much slag (KTs 40, 42). We left a buffer around the "white line" however, and did not learn much more about its nature. We also continued down in L29, finding and articulating more mud brick debri and 1 piece of slag (KT 63) to the north. Continuation in L31 revealed some pottery and debri, but nothing concrete.

Finally we emptied and cleaned the main chamber of L14, finding lots of slag in the debri pile to the north (KTs 25, 26, 27).

We took soil samples everywhere, and took a plan photograph this evening.