Area D

Trench 4

July 27,2002

The baulk in between D4 and D5 has been taken out today at least for 1.65cm. It was the west baulk of D5 and it was the east baulk of D4 (for 3m). The reason for taking it down is to protect the trench and to avoid any accidences that may happen during excavating. The workers have also used trench D4 during this process. But D4 kept on to the excavation. We started from the north of the trench with loica 4067 and 4069, and just by articulating it for them for 3cm we have seen that the context of these two locia turned out to be the same, so for this reasin they two have the same locus number right now that is 4082, and it abuts the sounding D3 at the east side and the old pit known to be 4028 and partially it abuts L4065 (the surface that is sealed).

Besides excavating on the north side of the trench I have also excavated the south side of the trench. We have articulated L4077 and we have found out that the floor 4065 and the previous locus 4077 that is now 4083 has close context with L4065 and the wall 4081, is in two parts as if there is a doorway and that these rocks are the boundary line for it. So, more or less we are done with the west side of the trench. But the thing that I am wondering about is the drill in L4083 (it was also in L4077), how deep is it and what is it, I think that the mystery will be solved in a few days.

So my aim for the next day is to take out the floor that has got the locus number as 4065 out and try to observe what is waiting for us next. Then I am planning to make the levels of L4079 and L4065 more or less the same. L 4079 is at the east side of the trench and it is also at the east of the surface 4065; 4079 is a fill.