Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Pit
Context rating	Secondary
General remarks	This is a large pit filled with animal bone and pottery sherds. There is alot of bone, mostly large animal. This was likely a garbage dump.
Strat below	56, 52
Strat within	56
Top depth center	588.02
Bottom depth center	587.36
Dimension length	0.95
Dimension width	0.94
Start date	2005-05-24
End date	2005-05-25
Color	10YR 3/1 Very dark grey
Texture	fine silt
Composition	Ash, Animal Bone, Pottery
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.