Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Sounding Level
Context rating	Tertiary
General remarks	This locus was dug as a sounding, so it contains several differnt soil layers, including the topsoil and plowzone. Beneath this soil is a large fill zone, including many pottery sherds. As it was dug as a sounding, no remains were collected, although they were examined before disposa land 2nd millenium diagnostic sherds were identified. The soil above and below the black ash layer seems to be the same general composition or texture.
Strat above	4, 6, 8, 10
Strat abuts	3
Top depth center	591.09
Top depth north-west	592.42
Top depth north-east	592.36
Top depth south-west	590.23
Top depth south-east	590.25
Bottom depth north-west	590.94
Bottom depth north-east	591.0
Bottom depth south-west	590.86
Bottom depth south-east	590.86
Dimension length	2.0
Dimension width	1.0
Start date	2004-07-04
End date	2004-07-06
Texture	gritty and crumbly (plowzone), medium sand, fairly soft (fill)
Composition	fill contains tiny white roots, scattered small and medium stones
Description remarks	fill contains black ash layer (dug out by animal hole) with a grouping of pottery above (1.06 m). There are also several splotches of sandy colored (7.5YR 6/6) soil, and a white brick shaped area with a plaster texture bisecting the NW corner.
Tentative Date	Uncertain / Mixed
Has note	Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci.