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Summaries

CA42, upon completion of excavating, turned out to be very rewarding in the fact that a well was discovered. The original intentions for excavating in this area were to further investigate the previous discoveries of small stone packings in 1991-1993 (see JB IV pp. 1-149 , 169-229 and TT IV pp. 1-53 ).

Although no small packings of stone were uncovered during excavation, there was a stone formation that formed an unusual circular pattern. The stones that comprised this formation were large, at least 30-50 cm in width. This formation lay directly above the well. Large pieces of a coarseware vessel were found and perhaps could have served as a well cover. One particularly large piece (27 x15 cm) preserves the attachment for a handle. Since no other indications of a cover or a cap have been found, it may be possible to

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consider this piece and others associated with it( ones that came from the same locus and different loci that lay above it and next to) as a cover. However, this conclusion, or assumption, is still uncertain.

Most of the ceramics found in the CA42 area were comprised of coarseware and impasto fragments. They were mostly non-diagnostic and very worn, with the exception of a decorated handle, with adjoining body fragments from the same vessel (fabric impasto), 1 spindle whorl, a 5 roped bucchero handle, a couple of incised impasto fragments, a piece of modern iron and 2 modern nails, 1 piece of slag, 8 pieces of worked chert, and approximately 102 pieces of bone (none cut or worked.) In addition to these finds, a piece of terracotta frieze plaque from the horse race was

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discovered in Locus 15. This locus lies directly above the well. The ending depth for Locus 15 was 57-62 cm b.d.; the opening depths were between 30-32 cm b.d. The piece of terracotta frieze plaque was found at 34 cm b.d. Since the frieze plaque dates to the archaic period, this gives a terminus antequem for the well.