Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Fill
Context rating	Tertiary
General remarks	This locus goes from topsoil on the eastern edge to almost a meter deep in the west balk. The locus encompases the entire trench.
Strat below	51, 17, 46, 41, 53
Strat contains	44
Strat abuts	30
Top depth center	588.3
Top depth north-west	588.42
Bottom depth center	588.17
Dimension length	9.0
Dimension width	4.0
Start date	2005-05-19
End date	2005-05-23
Color	7.5 YR 5/3 and 5/2
Texture	fine sand when dry. soil came out slightly moist and
Composition	some small chunks of mudbrick and rock
Description remarks	exceptionaly rocky. Rock size ranging from pebbles (less than 5cm) to one larger 30cm
Tentative Date	Cleaning Locus
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.