Daily Trench Journal

Area D

Trench 8

June 13, 2007

Recorder: Mila Hover (a.k.a. Melek hanim, MH)  
Workers: Mizbah, Necat, Sadik

Today, work began in L145—area where orange melted mud brick structure had collapsed. The fill is being removed in order to investigate the dimensions and features of this locus (possible oven or kiln).

The western half of the trench (are of loci 149-155) is being leveled to the bottom elevation of L153—the clay slump surface. Artifacts are collected from the fill. After the cleaning of the locus, half of an oval orange clay surface appeared.

Previously observed feature, pot holder, at the SE corner of L145, also bordering L146 and 147, was assigned locus number 157. Its dimensions are 0.2m x 0.2m, and at present, its depth is unknown. At the surface, it appears packed with pot sherds, small rocks, ash, and dirt.

During the removal of the fill in L145, a small amount of metal slag was recovered and collected (KT5). Scattered around the orange melted mud brick are small round stone implements (collected in lithics bag). Few large ceramic sherds are visible on the surface, and one is leaning against L144 (mud brick wall), thus establishing context and providing clues to the depositional order in this area. At this stage of the excavation, the visible dimensions are 1.9m x 1.7m.

L153 was closed and new number assigned over the area, L158. On the surface, similar orange burnt brick is present at the north edge of the locus. Cultural debris present, and collected from fill.