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Trench D6 Daily Journal     August 18, 2002

We spent a good bit of today regrouping from yesterdays massive push, and reevaluating out plan of action.

L20/28 and 24

We removed the hard fired lining/packing layer from L28. It averaged 4 cm thick and consisted of very brittle hard fired material. We also removed material of the same character from chamber 24, as well as some loose slag from the north wall.

L23

We removed the easterly support pillar L23, noting distinct m.bricks abutting L20. The theory of a packing layer around L20 seems to be true, although whether completely or partially is not certain.

L5

We removed a good deal of the wall L5, finding the new surface L46 underneath. It is interesting to note that the surface continued through the wall, showing up in the section. Our first thought was that this was the bottom of the wall. Excavation revealed that it is more likely that the pit L29/L6 was cut through this surface and the other layers, and after much heat baked the material at it’s edge into the wall L5. We also noticed that the hard brick/baked material stopped at an animal burrow temporarily, starting again on other side. Examination revealed material above burrow to be soft with only loose dirt and slag bits- perhaps the mouse chose an a break in the wall, exit or air hole.

L14

Slag previously removed in debri clearing from N side was not duly recorded (location, etc). The previously theory was that this was the inside of the N wall of a small chamber L14 that had collapsed slightly (leaned) to the south on fill. The evidenve supporting this was the curvature of the slag on the upper part of the L14 chamber which curved in the theorized direction combined with the massive amount of slag pulled from the area just N of the wall. Examination also revealed that the lower portions of the vertical wall excavated was comprised of fill without any baked wall/slag. We also noticed that that by following the line of the S wall of L20/24 one could see (photo) an area of grey material to the N of a mudbricky layer in the section revealed by our excavation of L29. In order to determine this relationship we designated L44 as the mudbricky debri. It consisted of unorganized material/debri, very similar to that found in L29. I believe the upper portions of L14 represent a small single chamber furnace built on this debri.

L20/L25 and 27

These are the two larger chambers. We excavated them separately, but they were so symmetrical/similar in nature it might be best to discuss them together. Both chambers were comprised of very thick pillars of material resting solidly on the back (western) wall of L20. As we removed material from the top side walls to these chambers became clean, and the interior portions (under the large sherds) were composed of very hard but undifferentiated mudbricky material. We found additional sherds under the first layer and as we continued down found many rocks building up the west wall of L20. We also noted that the construction of these chambers and the back wall was the same, and that the side chambers (24 and 28, as well as 6 and 14) were of very different construction styles and may be of a later or different construction phase.

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Date 2002-08-18
Year 2002
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

Drew McGaraghan. (2012) "D-6-2002-08-18 from Asia/Turkey/Kenan Tepe/Area D/Trench 6/Locus 4". In Kenan Tepe. Bradley Parker, Peter Cobb (Ed). Released: 2012-03-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/95657d71-34cb-49c5-40fd-9312050d6f57> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2x062v66

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