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July 7, 1989

A.M.

tile - 1 dz pieces

pottery - 0

1.   Extended 20 cm cut (20 cm b.s.) to squares M/64-65.  Soil is as in N-O/64-65 dark brown humus with lots of roots and stones.  Find are minimal and badly worn.

2.   5 cm cut initiated in O/66-68  Due to the wetness of the soil, we could not use picks but had to mesti.  An apparent line of tile was encountered in O/67 at southern baulk.  This tile runs in a SE to NW orientation into N/66.  Three types of soil are being encountered in this cut.  In O/68 a medium brown soil w/ frequent inclusions of pebble sized chunks of plaster/tile and infrequen charcoal.  As on approaches the tile in meter 67, the soil darkens until in makes a definate shift to dark med-brown soil

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of high plaster content 10-20 cm east of the tile fall.  In the meter west of the tile (meter 66) once beyond 5-10 cm off the tile, the soil changes to a light brown/olive with almost no plaster inclusions - occassional charcoal pieces are encountered.