August 11, 2001

Today I have excavated L4034, and at the N baulk I have found a new pit, that is the third pit of the trench, the locus number is 4044. I had stop for a while, because we had to take some elevations with Bradley.

I started after breakfast again, and now my workers Prof. Mehmet and Nejat are articulating and taking L4042 approximately 5cm, but because of being at the slope it is a bit difficult to get the same depth. It won't solve the problem directly but at least it will keep me going at the same level. So, the south east corner is being dig as 2 cm at most. This locus is not sealed as L4041, but they are same as and I have found many unbroken potsherds, I think that they need to be examined.

After cleaning L4042, my workers turned back to L4034, they took it down like 3_4cm, while they were taking the soil down, I was articulating the S baulk of the trench. After articulating the baulk I have helped my workers in L4034, and I didn't recognize that it was time to close up.

My plan for tomorrow is to take L4041, that is the sealed surface, to the same level with L4042. Besides these I think that I will close the second pit of the trench, so this means that the third pit will be closed, too.

On the other hand if I can do it I am planning to take out L4041, because just then I will be able to see if the huge rocks (L4037) are going beneath the floor or not.