Wednesday, 11 July 2018

AM

This morning excavation of Locus 2 continued.

Opening Elevations:

NW: 27.87 m. A.E.

NE: 27.80 m. A.E.

SE: 27.79 m. A.E.

SW: 27.88 m. A.E.

Methodology will remain the same as before with picks beginning in the east and pulling back to the west, completed in two sections. The first section is the 1 meter by 1.5 meter strip from the eastern wall to the center of the trench. The second section is the 1.5 meter by 2.4 meter section from the center of the trench pulling to the west wall. Once full pick pass was completed and the dirt was sorted for materials then put into the dirt dump. Materials remain the same as Friday, the soil is full of large architectural tile and heavily eroded pottery. It was decided that the dirt from the second full pick pass would be sent down to the magazzino for the floatation team to analyze. The approximate elevation for the soil sample is 27.72 m. A.E. The dirt from the full pass was sorted as carefully as possible then put into buckets and set aside until soil bags are brought up by the floatation team.

PM

Post-lunch excavation of Locus 2 continued. Another pull pass was begun starting in the east pulling back to the west. While clearing the dirt from the western extent of the trench, a bronze flake was found.

Special Find #2: Bronze flake

Coordinates: 170.53 E/51.29 S

Elevations: 27.72 m. A.E.

Once the dirt from the western extent of the trench was cleared, another full pass was completed beginning again in the east and pulling back to the west. The soil of Locus 2 continues to be full of architectural terracotta and eroded pottery. Light baulk walling and root clipping was done before the end of the day.

Closing Elevations:

NW: 27.79 m. A.E.

NE: 27.67 m. A.E.

SE: 27.67 m. A.E.

SW: 27.79 m. A.E.

Daily Totals:

Architectural Terracotta: 1 bowl

Pottery Sherds: 72

Bone Fragments: 5