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5 July 2015
5 July 2015
AM
Opening daily photographs taken of Locus 18 and the progress on the Baulk Trim. Although excavation is not being carried out in Locus 18 today, opening daily elevations taken:
NW Corner (inside the southern safety step, ~93E): 23.88m A.E.
NE Corner: 23.87m A.E.
SE Corner: 23.85m A.E.
SW Corner (inside the southern safety step, ~93E): 23.86m A.E.
Work begun with a small hand pick sectioning a small triangular area of the eastern baulk wall. Small concentrations of materials, including pottery, bone, and terra cotta, being removed, often small but well preserved fragments. While hand picking, a bronze fibula coil and associated fragments found.
Find 1: Bronze Fibula Coil and Associated Fragments
94.68E/53.84S
25.07m A.E.
Baulk Trim
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Simultaneously, the rocks being revealed by sectioning are defined by a leaf trowel. The level of the section has been dropped past the sloping yellow soil. While handpicking, a fragment of possible butchered bone recovered.
Find 2: Possible Butchered Bone Fragment
94.75E/53.74S
24.93m A.E.
Baulk Trim
PM Because the level of the section has been lowered to a height at which it is possible to carefully use a pick axe, a pick axe is now being used to cut the section down towards the level of Locus 18 . Buckets will also now be sorted into wheel barrows. Some material including terra cotta, pottery, and bone recovered in small concentration. The fragments have become larger in size and are still well preserved. While sorting a bucket in the wheel barrow, a fragment of slipped pottery found.
Find 3: Slipped Fineware Fragment
94.55E/53.76S
24.72m A.E.
Baulk Trim
During sorting of soil turned up by picking in the section, a fragment of plaster with a reed impression recovered.
Find 4: Fragment of Plaster with Reed Impression
94.71E/53.76S
24.72m A.E.
Baulk Trim
The rocks of the circular feature have continued to be defined using trowels and leaf trowels. There are several more rocks which have been revealed below the circular feature, including a large rectangular stone about 20cm in height which sticks out into the section about 15cm (towards the west) and crosses the entire section (running north to south). A large pithos rim fragment also removed. While sorting in the wheel barrow, a fragment of burnt bone
recovered.
Find 5: Burnt Bone Fragment
94.73E/53.75S
24.70m A.E.
Baulk Trim
The level of the section has now dropped to the deteriorating rock pack. Very few artifacts are being recovered, and they are much smaller and more worn. Work ended for the day when the level of Locus 18 achieved. More work needed tomorrow to properly trace the coursing of the circular feature.
Daily Totals:
Baulk Trim:
Terra cotta: 1/3 bowl
Pottery: 3 lattes (198 fragments)
Bone: 1/4 latte (35 fragments)
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 2015-07-05 |
| Entry Year | 2015 |
| Start Page | 155 |
| End Page | 162 |
| Title | 5 July 2015 |
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Is Part Of
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
AEG IX
Vocabulary: Murlo |
Suggested Citation
Ann Elizabeth Glennie, Rachael Dodd, Jon Meyers. (2017) "AEG IX (2015-07-05):155-162; 5 July 2015 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 62/2015, ID:697/Locus 18". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/2feeda4e-e379-48aa-86e4-968359ac6123> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2fr05m1v
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