[85] 23 July 2019 AM The morning began with a pickpass in Locus 12 in the central 50cm. Work also began in Locus 9 with small handpicks and trowels in the northeastern corner. The soil remains a heavily compacted clay and soil mix that is light brown in color. Frequent inclusions of tile and small rocks, along with occasional flecks of carbon. In the northeast corner of the trench fragments of tile with possible preserved paint were recovered (Special Find #45, 46, 47, 48, 49). Possible painted tiles will be bulk found in the future.

Special Find #45 Locus 9 26.57m AE 175.46m East 66.6m South Possible painted tile [stipple drawing]

Special Find #46 Locus 9 26.56m AE 175.59m East 66.63m South Possible painted tile [stipple drawing]

[87] Special Find #47 Locus 9 26.54m AE 175.59m East 66.85m South Possible painted tile [stipple drawing]

Special Find #48 Locus 9 26.55m East 66.94m South Tile with possible paint [stipple drawing]

Special Find #49 Locus 9 26.54m AE 175.39m East 67.09m South Tile with possible paint [stipple drawing]

The area of Locus 9 was scraped with trowels revealing that the carbon included layer extends to the west and abuts Locus 4. The same soil can be found everywhere except in the northeast corner of Locus 9 which remains a compacted light brown soil and clay mix.

[89] While troweling in the southwestern section of Locus 9, a diagnostic tooth was found (Special Find #50).

Special Find #50 Locus 9 26.78m AE 174.54m East 67.93m South Diagnostic tooth [stipple drawing]

The western 50cm of Locus 12 was picked using a large pickaxe to remove the baked out clay from the surface of the locus. In the southwest corner of the locus a tile with possible pain was found (Special Find #51). While sorting the soil by hand into buckets a small fragment of bronze was found (Special Find #52).

Special Find #51 Locus 12 26.74m AE 174.44m East 66.35m South Tile with possible paint [stipple drawing]

Special Find #52 Locus 12 26.77m AE 174.89m East 66.38m South Bronze fragment [stipple fragment]

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Also while hand sorting a small fragment of burnt bone was recovered (Special Find #53).

Special Find #53 Locus 12 26.79m AE 174.46m East 65.77m South Burnt bone [stipple drawing]

An additional pickpass in the northwestern 50cm of Locus 12 was completed. Large amounts of plaster was recovered.

PM It was decided to scrape and level Locus 9 followed by the starting excavation in the sarbon filled layer of Locus 7. The soil of Locus 7 is a compacted clay-like dark brown soil with frequent inclusions of carbon and small rocks. The area was lowered with a small handpick revealing an area along the northern extent with compacted inclusions of red and brown churt while sorting a diagnostic bone was recovered (Special Find #54).

Special find #54 Locus 7 26.59m AE 174.33m East 67.24m South Diagnostic bone [stipple drawing]

Meanwhile, a pickpass was done in the eastern portion of Locus 12. While sorting, a burnt bone fragment was found (Special Find #55).

Special Find #55 Locus 12 26.65m AE 175.27m East 65.24m South Burnt bone [stipple drawing]

[93] As cleaning continued in Locus 7, another diagnostic bone was recovered (Special Find #56).

Special Find #56 Locus 7 26.57m AE 174.35m East 67.25m South Diagnostic bone [stipple drawing]

Closing elevations Locus 7: H: 26.59m AE I: 26.51m East J: 26.57m South [sketch of trench outline with locus angles labeled]

Locus 9: Q: 26.50m AE R: 26.47m AE 1: 26.50m AE 2. 26.46m AE

Locus 12: NE: 26.67m AE SE: 26.67m AE SW: 26.77m AE NW: 26.78m AE

Daily totals Locus 7: Pottery: 10 pieces Bone: 17 fragments Vitrified terracotta: 1 piece Tile: 3 pieces Plaster: 25 pieces

Locus 9: Pottery: 13 pieces Bone: 21 fragments Vitrified terracotta: 32 pieces Tile: ¼ bowl Possible painted tile: 13 pieces Plaster: 345 pieces

[95] Locus 12 Pottery: 59 pieces Bone: 1 fragment Vitrified terracotta: 41 pieces Painted tile: 9 pieces Plaster: 1767 pieces Tile: ¼ bowl