Daily Log

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June 12, 1989

A.M.

tile = 4/9 cassetta

pottery = 1/4 latte

1    Continued 10 cm (40-50 cm b.s.) across meters M-O/71-70.  Soil is same medium brown, finds parallel yesterday.  Meter M/71 yielded most material.  Pithos frags in M/70 were further cleaned exposing rim (?) in conjunction with larger bdoy.  Left in situ til next cut.  Finds included a moulded bucchero frag (#2) and frag. of cover tile with incised mark (#1).  4 frags of bone.

2.    tile = 1/20 cassetta

pottery = 3 frags

Also initiated cleaning of large stump removed from baulk (northern of 1988 trench) in meter O/69.  Proceeded until wetness of soil made it unfeasible.  Pottery frags were orange ware, bucchero and impasto.

3.    tile = 1/4 cassetta

pottery = 1/5 latte

Initiated cut of c. 50 cm in meters M-O/69.  This will bring these three meters to level with M-O/70-71 - at which point we will proceed into more sensitive layers.  M-O/69  is dominated by a large stump in M/N and roots of a stump previously removed from O/P/69.

Work halted for lunch.

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P.M.

Proceeding with 50 cm cut in M-O/69.  Rain threatening.  c. 3:00 pm - stump in M-N/69 is being cleaned with hammer pick.  Soil is dark brown except in O/69 where a lens of galaestra. (grey) w/ interspersed marbled schist runs about 30 cms below surfac into O/68-66.

Other observations on day: 2 pieces (impressed w/ reeds) of plaster in M/71 ... infrequent channel sits and other burnt pieces of tile/pottery.  Also, infrequent finds of bone - none obviously worked and vitrified tile.

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• Find #3
• M/69
• c. 15 cm
• Acroterian fragment
• 6-13-89 E. Nielsen believe this is pithos fragment
• Drawing
• Photo