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10 July 2013
AM
Work begun this morning in both Locus 4 and Locus 6 using hand picks and trowels. In Locus 4 the goal is to drop the elevation of the soil throughout but especially around the large rocks in the northern meter. As stated previously, those rocks extend into CA 73, but additionally were found to turn perpendicularly within CA 72. Their full extent has still not been investigated and it is unclear at this point whether there are more rocks and in which direction they might be oriented. Additionally, attention will be given to removing soil from around the root systems of the stumps. Soil remains consistent with Locus 4 , sorted and cleaned from the trench. Small concentrations of terra cotta and pottery recovered. In Locus 6 the aim is to reveal whether the stone and terra cotta packing uncovered in CA 73 extends southward into CA 72. It appears to be present in the northern meter of CA 72, but has not been revealed in the southern two meters. The packing in CA 73 appears to slope downward from north to south, and if this is case also on CA 72 a packing feature may not yet have been caught because the soil has not been removed to that
level. Soil remains consistent with Locus 6 , sorted and cleaned from the trench. Small concentrations of terra cotta, pottery, and bone recovered. A few stones and fragments of terra cotta are being revealed as soil is removed at a deeper level in the second meter from the north. During cleaning, one fragment of vitrified terra cotta recovered. Because several fragment of vitrified terra cotta have been recovered, it will be collected in bulk.
Find 1: Vitrified Terra Cotta Fragment
69.73E/37.30S
27.16m A.E.
One bucket from Locus 6 sieved, nothing recovered. A bucket from Locus 4 sieved, two fragments of bone, two fragments of pottery, and one fragment of terra cotta found. During cleaning in Locus 4 , one fragment of vitrified terra cotta discovered, with several modern breaks.
Find 2: Vitrified terra cotta fragments with joins
66.89E/36.53S
27.19m A.E.
In Locus 6 , a fragment of slag found.
Supplemental Find 1: Crucible Fragment
66.00-67.80E/36.00-39.00S
~27.15m A.E.
Locus 4
Find 3: Slag fragment
70.73E/37.18S
27.30m A.E.
One bucket from Locus 6 sorted, one fragment of terra cotta found. During cleaning in Locus 4 , one fragment of vitrified terra cotta found.
Find 4: Vitrified terra cotta fragment
66.40E/37.96S
27.14m A.E.
In Locus 4 one possible crucible fragment and one slag fragment recovered.
Find 5: Possible Crucible Fragment
66.26E/36.82S
27.08m A.E.
Find 6: Slag Fragment
66.84E/36.84S
27.15m A.E.
In Locus 6 one bucket sieved and no artifacts recovered. A fragment of unusual terra cotta found during clearing in Locus 6 .
Find 7: Unusual Terra Cotta Fragment
70.21E/37.72S
27.30m A.E.
One bucket from Locus 4 sieved and no artifacts recovered. During troweling in Locus 4 one slag fragment and one fragment of vitrified terra cotta recovered. Due to the frequency of the recovery of vitrified terra cotta, it will now be collected in bulk.
Find 8: Slag fragment
67.00E/36.95S
27.20m A.E.
Find 9: Vitrified Terra Cotta Fragment
66.94E/36.82S
27.14m A.E.
In Locus 4 the soil has been lowered in the northern meter between five and fifteen centimeters to reveal several terra cotta fragments. The large rock feature does not appear to continue any further to the west and the southern extent of it has not yet been fully explored as of yet.
Terra cotta, pottery, and bone are being recovered. Many of the artifacts are being found within the stumps and roots. Some carbonized grape seeds are also being found around the large stump. Three fragments of slag were recovered from Locus 4 and because of its high rate of occurrence slag from Locus 4 will now be collected in bulk.
Find 10: Slag fragment
66.56E/37.01S
27.11m A.E.
Find 11: Slag fragment
66.91E/36.61S
27.18m A.E.
Find 12: Slag fragment
67.02E/36.59S
27.17m A.E.
One bucket from Locus 6 sifted, no artifacts recovered. In Locus 6 the soilÂ’s elevation has been dropped between five and fifteen centimeters revealing more stones and some
terra cotta in a loose packing.
One bucket from Locus 4 sieved and one fragment of terra cotta found.
In Locus 4 work commenced south of the tree stumps using the pick axe lightly to break up the soil. Terra cotta found in small concentrations but no other artifacts. A bucket from Locus 6 sieved and no artifacts recovered. A bucket from Locus 4 sifted but no artifacts found. During cleaning in Locus 4 a small largely intact jaw fragment found and it was decided to take points on it prior to its inspection by the bone specialist.
Find 13: Small largely intact animal jaw fragment
66.14E/37.14S
27.07m A.E.
A bucket sieved from Locus 6 , one fragment of terra cotta and two fragments if pottery found. A bucket sieved from Locus 4 and no artifacts found. Work ended in the morning by clipping roots.
PM
Work continued in Locus 4 and Locus 6 using hand picks and trowels. Work in Locus 4 focused on lowering the elevation of
the soil in order to further define the rock features in the northern meter and to reveal any possible rock features in the southern portion. Work in Locus 6 continues to focus on revealing the extent of the rock and terra cotta packings, which appear to slope downward from CA 73. Additionally, soil continues to be removed from the area around the tree stumps in Locus 6 so that they may be removed at some point in the future. One bucket from Locus 6 was sieved and two fragments of pottery were recovered. During cleaning in Locus 6 a fragment of ridged pottery was found.
Find 14: Ridged pottery fragment
67.22E/36.73S
27.02m A.E.
A fragment of incised pottery was found in Locus 6 .
Find 15: Incised pottery fragment
67.35E/36.77S
26.95m A.E.
A bucket from Locus 4 was sieved and no artifacts were recovered. Small concentrations of terra cotta and pottery have been found in Locus 4 .
A fragment of bronze slag was found in Locus 6 .
A bucket was sieved from Locus 4 with no materials recovered.
Find 16: Bronze slag fragment
67.26E/37.09S
27.17m A.E.
Small concentrations of terra cotta, pottery, bone, and slag have been found in Locus 6 . Part of the large stump in the western meter of Locus 6 was removed.
Another bucket from Locus 4 was sieved and no artifacts were recovered. One more bucket from Locus 4 sieved and a possible fragment of worked chert was recovered.
Find 17: Possible worked chert (supplemental find)
66-67.10E/36-38S
~26.89m A.E.
Locus 6 (sieve find)
A large bone was recovered from Locus 6 .
Find 18: Large bone fragment in three pieces
66.94E/37.83S
26.89m A.E.
The central section of the large stump in the western meter of Locus 6 was removed.
Another bucket from Locus 4 was sieved and no artifacts were recovered. Another bucket from Locus 6 was sieved and a slag fragment was recovered.
Find 19: Slag fragment (supplemental find)
66-67.10E/36-38S
~26.89m A.E.
Locus 6 (sieve find)
Possible worked chert was found beneath the roots of the large stump in the western meter.
Find 20: Possible worked chert
67.05E/37.65S
26.96m A.E.
Remainder of the day dedicated to clipping roots.
Daily Totals:
Terra cotta: 1/3 bowl
Pottery: 106 pieces (2 of which sieve finds)
Bone: 20 fragments (2 of which sieve finds)
Vitrified terra cotta (bulk): 4 fragments
Slag (bulk): 2 fragments
Terra cotta: ½ bowl
Pottery: 35 fragments (4 of which sieve finds)
Bone: 11 fragments
Vitrified terra cotta (bulk): 1 fragment
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 2013-07-10 |
| Entry Year | 2013 |
| Start Page | 87 |
| End Page | 104 |
| Title | 10 July 2013 |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
AEG VII
Vocabulary: Murlo |
Suggested Citation
Ann Elizabeth Glennie. (2017) "AEG VII (2013-07-10):87-104; 10 July 2013 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate A/Civitate A72/2013, ID:666/Locus 4". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/e89d3cb6-5726-4212-9c7f-383193f64b41> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ns12c8f
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