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July 21, 1971

Cut 6

A point of clarification on the strata.  The edges were cut straight and it is apparent that Stratum A does not obtain in grids A12 and that B is rising, below which is a layer o flighter soil, Str. C, over the remaining stones of the wall, here preserving the hump of the wall.

Cuts 3 and 6

In grids A-E 1-2, excavation was begun of the dark soil of stratum CD.  First the area

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of B-C 1-2 was excavated in four cuts.  Cut alpha removed crusty red hump of earth in B1.  About 0.06 m of red earth extending outwards about 0.40-0.50 m.  No finds.

Cut beta removed fine burnt black earth, about 0.05-0.10 m.  Extends into B12 and about 0.75 m into Grid C.  Few finds but a few pieces of bucchero cup fragments.

Cut gamma, a gray layer of finely burnt dust of about 0.02 m.  Found in an area 0.10-0.20 m around the above red crusty layer.  One sherd in both beta and gamma.

Cut delta.  Beneath this area is a thick layer of black colored earth which

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continually decreases in its burnt condition in grids BC12 and blends into yellow permeable earth.  In this lower level, most of the objects recorded were found.  In B1, a spindle whorl was found.

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• B1
• Spindle whorl
  • Drawing
  • Photo

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• DE12
• Cup handle fragment
  • Drawing
  • Photo

In the second part of this strip, grids CDE12, the soil was yellow, permeable, and beneath a layer

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of sterile dark brown and black soil (Stratum D).  Excavation of this strip was stopped at D.  In grid D2 in C, a pan fragment was excavated.

Cut 8

In grids AC3, a cross section of the covering area of the NS wall was completed.  In C3, resting directly on the stone of the wall in the yellow permeable soil, a bronze fibula was found.

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• C3
• Bronze fibula
  • Drawing
  • Photo

Few other objects were found.  About 5 tile fragments and 1/4 box of pottery.  A

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profile was drawn of the cross-section facing east at 2.5 m grid.

Cut 7 (Stratum C)

Excavation continued into Stratum C.  1/2 box of tile frags was recovered.  Also a hard, thick terracotta brick from A 5-6.