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July 17, 1990

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The cut  begun yestrday afternoon in meters D-F/78-79 was completed to a depth of ca. 140cm.  The soil in the cut was grey-brown in color and contained some small rocks.  One cassetta of small pieces of worn tile and one half of a box of worn impasto sherds were discovered.  An additional cut was then begun in D-F/78-79 to a depth of ca. 145-150cm.  At a depth of ca. 145cm. the soil in meters D/78-79 began to turn to galestra.  Woek will be continued this afternoon to the south into meters E-F/78-79 to determine the extent of the galestra stratum.

Excavation was continued to the east into meters J-L/70-71 to determine the eastern boundary of the rocks

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concentration in this area.  Light picking and sweeping revealed the extension of the rocks as far as the eastern baulk of the trench along meters J-L/71.  Clearing of the area around the rocks also suggested that the rocks are not as densely concentrated in meters J-L/70-71 as they are in meters J-L/68-69.  Moreover, there are also fewer tile fragments among the rocks in the eastern meters.  The soil around the rocks was grey-black in color and contained sporadic concentrations of carbon.  One cassetta of worn pieces of tile, including a few burned fragments, and a few pieces of impasto were recovered from among the rocks.

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Excavation was continued to the south into meters L-M/70-71 and to the north into meters I/70-71 to further define the boundaries of the rock concentration.  Clearing to the south into meters L-M/70-71 revealed that the rocks appear to taper off at a point between meters L and M, although further clearing will be necessary to define the limits of the concentration to the south.  The soil in meters L-M/70-71 was grey-black in color and contained many roots.  One half of a cassetta of worn tile and a few impasto sherds were discovered in the grey-black soil.  Light picking and sweeping to the north in meters I/70-71 has so far revealed no rocks beyond the

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northern edge of J/70-71.  Instead, the soil in meters I/70-71 was a mottled caste  and contained a large amount of disintegrated red and yellow plaster.  In addition, this mottled soil also contained a large amount of plaster (one full cassetta) and pottery (one box).  Moreover, several of the tile fragments and a few of the pottery sherds were blackened by burn.  The current depth of trench meters I/70-71 is ca. 195 cm.

The cut begun this morning in D/78-79 to determine the point of interface between the gray-brown soil and galestra was continued south into meters E-F/78-79.  Excavation in meters E/78-79 uncoverd the galestra at a depth of ca. 150 cm.  In addition, a

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few pieces of worn tile were recovered from the grey-brown soil above the galestra. Excavation further south in meters F/78-79 has not yet uncovered galestra soil. The soil in these meters remained grey-brown in color. One half of a cassetta of worn tile and one half of a box of worn impasto sherds were discovered in meters F/78-79.

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