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Daily Trench Journal
Area D
Trench 8
June 9, 2007
Recorder: Mila Hover (a.k.a. Melek hanim, MH)
Workers: Mizbah, Nejat, Sadik
By 8:30am, in locus L134, removal of 5cm layers was completed twice. Two ground stones were excavated along the west baulk of the trench and collected (KT 23 and KT24
In L140, ash pit, the removal of fill continued since we had not reached the bottom of the pit. Its total depth after cleaning is 0.70m.
The concentration of ground stone tools in locus 138 was recorded and collected.
Final clean up and collection of ground stone tools is completed. A complete ceramic loom weight was found near the east baulk (NE corner of the locus, KT15).
5cm layer was also removed in L136. During the removal of the fill in cell L136, a possible mud brick emerged in the NW corner of the locus. It is oriented in a SW/NW direction, and is cut by locus 140 (the ash pit in the NE corner of L136). Our goal is to establish its connection with L135 (the west part of the wall). In order to achieve this, the 0.10m of fill attached to L135 has to be removed to the lighter color layer, assumed to be plaster. However, it became apparent that the whitish color layer extends only for 2-3cm bellow the present level. This caused us to question whether this wall should be considered part of the above laying wall of Ubaid structure (former L131). Decision was made to remove this remnant of a single course mud brick wall to the level of L141 (south of this locus). Contrary to our expectations, the bricks of the wall are still visible. This matter will be explored further in the coming days.
The following loci were closed: L132, L137, L138, L140.
New loci assigned today: L141, L142, L143.
L141 is a new locus covering the territory of former L137 and L138.
Locus 132 is now divided into two new loci: L142 (west corner of former L132) and L143 (east part of L132). Work has only been started in L141.
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Date | 2007-06-09 |
| Year | 2007 |
| Has note | The purpose of the daily journal was to record the activities taking place in a trench each day. This included which loci were excavated, how and why loci were excavated and the ongoing impressions of the relationships among loci. It should be noted that journals record the actions, impressions and ideas of trench supervisors during the excavations. They are not, therefore, the final interpretations or syntheses of the emerging data. |
Suggested Citation
Catherine P. Foster, Mila Hover. (2012) "D-8-2007-06-09 from Asia/Turkey/Kenan Tepe/Area D/Trench 8/Locus 134". In Kenan Tepe. Bradley Parker, Peter Cobb (Ed). Released: 2012-03-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/f593da0f-bf43-4ac2-d93a-526a9a79e220> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pc2zs27
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