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2 July 2015
2 July 2015
AM
Opening daily photographs taken of the circular feature and of the stratigraphy by the featureÂ’s profile from the western baulk wall. Opening elevations taken:
NW corner (inside the step, ~94.5 E): 24.41 m A.E.
NE corner: 24.43 m A.E.
SE corner: 24.48 m A.E.
SW corner: 24.43 m A.E.
Pick pass begun in the southwest corner, moving westward and then around the safety steps to the north. Soil remains consistent, a mottled yellowish brown claylike soil with carbon inclusions, especially in the eastern half. While picking, several fragments of slipped pottery found in situ.
Find 1: Slipped Fineware Fragments
94.10 E/53.75 S
24.42 m A.E.
Sorting in the wheelbarrow reveals terra cotta, pottery, bone, and amorphous bronze, collected in bulk. A fragment of gorgon antefix and fragment of plaster with reed impression recovered from a bucket shoveled from the southwestern corner.
Find 2: Gorgon Antefix Fragment
94-95 E/ 54.5-56 S
24.40 m A.E.
20150019
Find 3: Fragment of Plaster with Reed Impressions
94-95 E/54.5-56 S
24.40 m A.E.
Second and third pick pass completed across the entire area of the trench (except the safety steps). Soil is consistent in color but becoming looser and like fragmenting rock and material being recovered at a high frequency. A fragment of slag found, collected in bulk. While shoveling up the third pick pass, a piece of carbon with a triangular shape and almost complete spindle whorl recovered.
Find 4: Triangular Shaped Carbon Fragment
93.20 E/55.34 S
24.39 m A.E.
Find 5: Conical Spindle Whorl
93.51 E/55.34 S
24.38 m A.E.
20150015
A molded fragment of impasto recovered from the pottery box and made a supplemental find.
Find 6: Fragment of Impasto with Exterior Molding
92-95 E/53-56 S
24.40 m A.E.
Fourth pick pass completed across the entire trench floor. Soil is loosely packed, flakey light brown type in the eastern strip while it remains consistent with Locus 16 in the south where carbon continues to be found. To that end, picking will now only be done in the southern meter until the new soil type is fully revealed there. During the fifth pass (only in the south), fragments of bronze slag with modern breaks found.
Find 7: Bronze Slag Fragments
94.04 E/ 55.11 S
24.44 m A.E.
The soil sorted from the fifth pick pass reveals
far fewer materials and a high concentration of carbon. A sixth pick pass done through the southern extent where Locus 16 soil still remains. Some material and carbon still present, but at lover concentrations. Last pick pass done in the southeastern corner where the claylike Locus 16 soil remains. Simultaneously, three rocks in the southwest which appear to preserve a linear pattern investigated. While picking around them, a large fragment of plaster with a reed impression found.
Find 8: Fragment of Plaster with Reed Impression
92.69E/55.35S
24.33m A.E.
While the stones may very well be an anthropic feature, for the time being then will not be investigated further, but rather left in situ and soil pillared around them. While shoveling up the last pick pass, an impasto rim fragment with molding recovered.
Find 9: Molded Impasto Rim Fragment
93.93E/55.24S
24.35m A.E.
As the new soil has been revealed everywhere, preparations begun to declare a new locus. First, the safety steps are being cut back to about half their widths in order to provide more room for excavation along the circular feature. While cutting back the second step, a fragment
of plaster with reed impression found.
Find 10: Fragment of Plaster with Reed Impression
93.10E/54.72S
24.41m A.E.
Many materials continue to be found during the removal of half of the safety steps, including the full profile of an impasto base.
Find 11: Impasto Base Fragments
93.42E/54.55S
24.35m A.E.
Second safety step fully cut back and leveled. Work begun on cutting back the first, taller step. Many materials included within the soil pack. Several fragments of frieze plaque found which should join with Find 6 of 30 June.
Find 12: Frieze Plaque Fragments with Dentals
93.17E/53.49S
24.85m A.E.
(under life sized)
20150030
From sorting the soil removed while cutting back the first step, a fragment of slipped pottery found.
Find 13: Slipped Fineware Body Fragment
93.5-94E/53-54S
24.52m A.E.
As the last of the soil was cleaned back from the first safety step, a large stone at least 50cm in width and 40cm in height revealed (its full extent unknown). Next to it or pressed up against it is a large tile, probably the flat portion of a pan tile, of at least 20cm in length and 15cm in height (also of unknown full extent). This stone and tile seem to be turned on their edges and made to stand vertically. Furthermore, they may tentatively align with the three stones in the southwestern
corner (and partially in the lower safety step). Baulk walling commenced in order to clear more space, define the circular feature's profile and prepare for opening the next locus. The baulk wall created along the circular feature's profile still does not fully reveal the feature's profile, but three large stones are visible in the baulk across an area of 50cm below the top stone of the circular feature. From trim along the southern baulk, the head of a rocchetto recovered.
Find 14: Head of a Rocchetto
93-94E/56S
24.33-24.63m A.E.
20150005
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Baulk walling continued along all four baulk walls. Material being saved with Locus 16 artifacts. While baulk walling,
a crucible fragment recovered from the southeastern corner.
Find 15: Crucible Fragment
94.41E/55.34S
24.42m A.E.
Sorting baulk trim in the wheelbarrow, a fragment of worked shell recovered, probably from a bucket of soil shoveled from the southeastern corner.
Find 16: Conical Worked Shell Fragment
94-95E/56S
24.33-24.63m A.E.
While finishing up the final baulk wall along the steps, fragments of a wide iron ring (with modern breaks) and fragments of slipped pottery found.
Find 17: Iron Ring Fragments
94.29E/53S
24.61m A.E.
20150028
Find 18: Fragment of Slipped Fineware
94.73E/53S
24.88m A.E.
20150020
Baulk walling completed and trench scraped down for opening photographs. Opening photographs and elevations of Locus 17 taken:
NW Corner (inside the step, ~93E): 24.37m A.E.
NE Corner: 24.31m A.E.
SE Corner: 24.26m A.E.
SW Corner: 24.27m A.E.
of Locus 17 .
First pick pass initiated in the meter and a half adjacent to the circular feature. Locus 17 is a medium brown to grey, loosely packed and friable soil with small concentrations of carbon and terra cotta, pottery, bone and vitrified terra cotta. The southeastern corner was slightly claylike in the first pick pass. From along the eastern baulk wall, more fragments of slipped pottery, probably associated with Find 1 of today, though that cannot be confirmed since that find was already taken to the magazzino. Because of this and because the fragments were found in a new locus, they will be made their own find for the time being.
Find 19: Fragments of Slipped Fineware
93.87E/54.28S
24.29m A.E.
From a bucket sorted from the northeastern corner, a fragment of lateral sima cavetto recovered.
Find 20: Fragment of Lateral Sima Cavetto
93-95E/53-54.5S
24.32m A.E.
20150017
Second pick pass completed. Soil is mottled with browns, greys, and yellows and is incredibly flakey. There is still some material included within it, but it is of a lesser concentration and primarily less well preserved. From a buck of soil shoveled from the northern sector, a potential statue fragment recovered.
Find 21: Terra Cotta Statue Fragment
93-95E/53.54.5S
24.29m A.E.
Third pick pass commenced. Soil remains consistent, very flakey and mottled in color. Materials and carbon included in the soil, but at a much lower frequency and at much less level of preservation than artifacts found in Locus 16 . Fourth pick pass done, revealing a very light yellow soil beneath the Locus 17 soil. The soil removed still contains material, especially in the central meter by the eastern baulk. Carbon continues to be included within Locus 17 and is evident in the new light yellow soil. Work ended for the day--the new soil's extent will be defined tomorrow morning.
Daily Totals:
Terra cotta: 2 bowls
Pottery 8 2/3 lattes (624 fragments)
Bone: 3/4 latte (77 fragments)
Slag: 6 fragments
Vitrified terra cotta: 2 fragments
Locus 16 , continued:
Bronze: 2 fragments
Locus 17 :
Terra cotta: 2/3 bowl
Pottery: 2 lattes (125 fragments)
Bone: 1/6 latte (12 fragments)
Slag: 1 fragment
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 2015-07-02 |
| Entry Year | 2015 |
| Start Page | 97 |
| End Page | 134 |
| Title | 2 July 2015 |
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Is Part Of
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
AEG IX
Vocabulary: Murlo |
Suggested Citation
Ann Elizabeth Glennie, Rachael Dodd, Jon Meyers. (2017) "AEG IX (2015-07-02):97-134; 2 July 2015 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 62/2015, ID:697/Locus 16". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/a3ced50d-a37b-46bc-866d-75fccb58d90b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2697fc5z
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