25 July 2018

AM

Opening coordinates were taken:

NW (46 S / 168 E) – 27.22 m.AE
NE (46 S / 171 E) – 27.19 m.AE
NE2 (47.81 S / 171 E) – 27.18 m.AE
SW3 (46.82 S / 168 E) – 27.28 m.AE

A pick pass was made in the western most half of the trench.

40 liters of soil from locus 6 (about 5 buckets) were set aside for archaeobotanical analysis by the flotation team.

A pick pass was made in the eastern half of the trench.

Special find #61: Ridged buccheroid
27.17 m.AE
46.40 S / 170.61 E
Locus 6

Special find #62: Bronze fibula fragments (3)
27.12 m.AE
47.52 S / 169.87 E
Locus 6

The pin and coil of a bronze fibula were discovered.

Special find #63: Ridged Impasto Rim
27.13 m.AE
46.98 S / 170.22 E
Locus 6

Special find #64: Slipped pottery
27.10 m.AE
47.47 S / 170.21 E
Locus 6

Due to the amount of non-diagnostic pieces of pottery preserving minuscule amounts of slip, we shall begin bulk finding non-diagnostic slipped pottery.

A pick pass was made in the western half of the trench.

With the remaining portion of the morning, the southern lip of the trench was cleaned.

PM

A pick pass was made in the eastern half of the trench.

Special find #65: Bronze fibula body
27.13 m.AE
46.96 S / 169.42 E
Locus 6

A bronze, arched body of a fibula was discovered in the same region as the fibula fragments and bulk bronze from the morning.

It has been observed that a higher concentration of larger pieces of plaster have emerged.

A pick pass in the western half of the trench was performed.

Special find #66: Worked antler
27.11 m.AE
47.17 S / 170.50 E
Locus 6

Closing elevations were taken for the day:

NW (46 S / 168 E) – 27.16 m.AE
NE (46 S / 171 E) – 27.12 m.AE
NE2 (47.81 S / 171 E) – 27.12 m.AE
SW3 (46.82 S / 168 E) – 27.15 m.AE

End of day totals:

Pottery – 232 pieces
Bone – 89 pieces
Tile – 1.2 bowls
Bronze- 1 piece
Slipped pottery – 2 pieces