Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Fill
General remarks	The previous locus was embedding a pile of dumped shells, but this locus seems to be embedding the shells in circle with a few potsherds.
Strat below	18
Strat above	20
Strat abuts	17
Top depth center	571.25
Top depth north-east	571.26
Top depth west	571.33
Top depth south-east	571.23
Bottom depth north-east	571.18
Bottom depth west	571.32
Bottom depth center	571.16
Bottom depth south-east	571.22
Dimension length	1.5
Dimension width	1.28
Start date	2005-06-11
End date	2005-06-12
Color	1 YR 4/2 dark grayish brown
Texture	hard soil but very rich in terms of shells and potsherds.
Composition	hard dirt.
Tentative Date	Ubaid
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.