Daily Journal

Area G, Trench 7

June 20, 2005

Baris UZEL

        After I talked with Bradley, we decided to excavate L69 area (NE of the trench) in order to understand the area because L69 is border for the surface L72. Possibly, we will find some architecture under L69.

Then we cleaned some fill rocks from the top of wall L73. We identified the walls and all of building L73 correctly (see the day plan). So we needed to take spider shots after that.

After we finished taking pictures, we started to take a HAP sample from surface L72. Then we excavated the surface L72 from the north part of the trench, but surface materials (pebbles, cobbles, pottery sherds) continued under L72. Possibly, people replaced these surfaces many times in the 2nd millennium.

After that we excavated the door way L75. Under the door way, we found pebble surface materials and some cobbles. It looks like another door way. The two free areas (L77 and L80) are around the door way.

I checked L79 to understand that. I think it is a big mudbrick wall, but we didn’t see any mudbrick lines. Possibly, we need to be deeper at the area to see mudbricks.