Daily Journal

Area D

Trench 8

E.O.

July 17, 2004

Today the main plan was to take lots of photographs of the trench and clear loci 9. We lost some time doing elevations and catching up on paperwork. We took one HAP sample for L9. After pulling up the visible sherd we took out a 50 cm square of the floor and put it in one bag. As we removed the rest of the floor we measured the liters that came out. There were a totally of 76 liters which comprised the floor L9. Two liters were taken as a float sample. All the rest was sifted and the sifted material was divided into two bags, one bag for larger chunks and one for the very very small pieces. One of the things that we pulled out was half of a loom weight which was made into a small find. While Ismil and I were sieving The other guys were going down 5 cm in Locus 26. We lost an hour at the end of the day when the tent pole hit me in the back of the head and I spent the rest of the day lying in the trench with ice on my head. The records should be correct for the day despite my incapacitation because Bradley came over and took care of my KTs and everyone else helped grab my bags at the end.

Today’s lesson: Tie Down Your Tent Poles.