Daily Log

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June 21, 1972

• Boxes of Tile: 3
• Boxes of Pottery: 3

Work continued today on Tesoro Rect. 7 A-F 6 in an attempt to determine the southward extension into Rect. 7 of the mud wall of the lower bldg unconvered in Rect. 6.  The S wall of Rect. 8 was removed as well, though the lower portions of the foundations in maters 1-3 were left for the present.  A test sector in meter 4 was taken to a lower depth - though no materials occurred at the lowest portion of the foundations.  The stone foundation appeared to go deeper towards the 3rd meter though the area was left untested.

Rect. 7 A-F, 6 - there seemed to be a change in the nature of the soil at a depth c. 15 cm. below existing ground line.  This new stratum consisted of darker brown earth with very few stones and a sufficeint quantity of carbonized material to be easily recognized.  The majority of the bucchero came from this stratum.

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• Find #4
• Rect. 7, C-6
• c. 30 cm.
• spindle whorl
  • Drawing
  • Photo

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A new trench was opened - to be designated courtyard and defined on the north by the southernmost wall of the long room (i.e. adjacent to Rect. 5) - The westernmost extension limited by the East Wall of Rect. 7 (thus incorporating Rect. 7 extension X-Y 1,2).  The grid system employed alphabetical coordinates North-South and numerical West-East - thus making the latter consistent with rectangle 5.  For diagram see p.

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• Find #7
• courtyard, C-0
• c. 15 cm
• fragment of thick impasto rocchetto
  • Drawing
  • Photo

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• Find #8
• courtyard, C-0
• c. 20 cm
• 2 large bronze nails found 20 cm apart. The earth contained carbon and fragments of large pottery as well as fragments preserving rim of cooking pan
  • Drawing
  • Photo

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• Find #9
• Courtyard, B-0
• c. 30 cm
• appears to be the head of a very large nail.  Together with this appeared fragments of iron - the entire piece was held together by a clump of earth and is to be sent to Florence for X-ray
  • Drawing
  • Photo
• On return from Florence a second large nail of iron was found (19720191)
  • Photo

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• find #12
• courtyard, B-0
• c. 20 cm
• large nail, bronze head with iron pin
  • Drawing
  • Photo

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• find #13
• Courtyard, B-1
• c. 15 cm
• bronze nail
  • Drawing
  • Photo

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• find #14
• Courtyard, B-1
• c. 20 cm
• bronze rivet with large head
  • Drawing
  • Photo

The sector of the Courtyard B-C, 0-1 was excavated tp a depth c. 35 cm.  In addition to the bronzes noted above there was a heavy concentration of large, coarse ware and some pithos fragments - both pottery and bronzes appeared to be in the same stratum, mixed together - also concentration of carbonized particles.  Very few tile fragments were found.

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