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Daily Log July 26, 2011
26 July 2011
Daily log
AM
Work began today by picking through locus 7 soil and scraping the surface of locus 6 soil. While sorting locus 7 soil, medieval pottery was found (find 1)
Special find 1: medieval pottery
Locus 7 north extension
30.07 meters absolute elevation
8.80 meters west / 30.70 meters south
It appears that the locus 7 soil is increasingly light brown/yellow in hue. Because of this, the trench was leveled, scraped, and photographed in preparation for opening locus 8 . Locus 7 closing elevations are:
NE: 30.04 meters absolute elevation
SE: 30.06 meters absolute elevation
SW: 30.14 meters absolute elevation
NW: 30.12 meters absolute elevation
Center: 30.09 meters absolute elevation
Work continued by picking through locus 8 soil. While sorting locus 8 soil, a frieze plaque fragment was uncovered (find 2).
Special find 2: frieze plaque fragment and associated fragment
Catalogue Number:
30.04 meters absolute elevation
10.27 west / 29.12 meters south
Also, a very large piece of ridge pole tile was found. While excavating, a second piece of medieval pottery was excavated (find 3)
Special find 3: medieval pottery
30.04 meters absolute elevation
9.01 meters west / 29.32 meters south
It appears that a very large quantity of terracotta pan tiles are being unearthed from the north east meter of the trench. Also, the amount of rocks in the trench has increased, they vary from 5-20 centimeters in width. He larger rocks are embedded in deeper lays of soil. Another frieze plaque fragment was uncovered from the north western corner of the trench (find 4)
Special find 4: frieze plaque fragment
Catalogue Number:
30.07 meters absolute elevation
10.86 west / 30.63 meters south
PM
While excavating locus 8 , a cut out akroterion was unearthed (find 5)
Special find 5: cut out akroterion
Catalogue Number:
30.08 meters absolute elevation
10.70 west / 29.30 meters south
As locus 8 soil is being lowered, large stones are much more prevalent. Also, pottery is more prevalent though the amount is small. The amount of terracotta has been consistently large. A small piece of incised bucchero was found in the pottery box (find 5)
Special find 5: incised bucchero
Supplemental find
Daily total
Locus 8 : Pottery: 1 box/ 42 pieces
Terracotta: 2 3/4 bowls
Bone: 1 piece
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 2011-07-26 |
| Entry Year | 2011 |
| Start Page | 79 |
| End Page | 88 |
| Title | Daily Log July 26, 2011 |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Is Part Of
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
AAF I
Vocabulary: Murlo |
Suggested Citation
Alyssa A. Friedman. (2017) "AAF I (2011-07-26):79-88; Daily Log July 26, 2011 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate B/Civitate B 45/2011, ID:639/Locus 7". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/84f30c9e-d880-43d8-aa9a-755b155ff121> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2t72px0m
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