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July 18, 2004

Area F, Trench 1

C. Painter

Today I began by bringing L1125 down 10cm to better examine the nature of the comact soil in the southeast corner of the trench. Based on color and textural differentiations, two new loci were assigned here: L1126, a pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) fine to medium silt abutted on the west by an ashy inclusion. L1127 which is east of L1126, is a light gray (5YR 7/1) coarse subangular fill.

It was initially thought that the ashy inclusion was abutting another mud brick wall, perhaps the continuation of L1123 south. This turned out not to be the case as both loci (L1126 and L1127) were plagued with various animal burrows, in the case of L1127 a 5cm diameter hole plunged straight down into the locus perhaps 10 or more centimeters deep.

Based on the similarities in color, composition, and general lack of any visible features on the surface post-sweeping, both L1106 and L1122 were closed and a new locus, L1129, was opened over the entire area abutting the wall L1123 on its west side. L1129 is a dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine to medium silt or fine clay composed of small dense clumps and a few <5cm pebbles.

A large pick pass was done to bring the locus down 10cm and level with L1125. This accomplished not only a higher accumulation of pottery and bone that in L1106 and L1122 combined, but also revealed another course of mud brick in L1123.

10cm was also excavated out of L1124 and based on the fine composition of the soil, this locus could possibly be inside surface fill.

Lastly L1128, fill below mud brick wall L1110, was closed as the soil color and texture in this area now resemble that of L1124. Also the west end of L1128 seems to have been cut into by L1123 from the north.

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Date 2004-07-18
Year 2004
Has note The purpose of the daily journal was to record the activities taking place in a trench each day. This included which loci were excavated, how and why loci were excavated and the ongoing impressions of the relationships among loci. It should be noted that journals record the actions, impressions and ideas of trench supervisors during the excavations. They are not, therefore, the final interpretations or syntheses of the emerging data.
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Suggested Citation

Catherine P. Foster. (2012) "F-1-2004-07-18 from Asia/Turkey/Kenan Tepe/Area F/Trench 1/Locus 1106". In Kenan Tepe. Bradley Parker, Peter Cobb (Ed). Released: 2012-03-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/401e49fc-226a-4e1b-8a1d-80f9e003b96e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2gf0sc8r

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