Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Fill
General remarks	This locus consists of topsoil, chaff, sheep feces, and bits of brambly plants. It also contains some of the wash layer below the topsoil
Strat above	2001
Top depth north-west	589.38
Top depth north-east	588.07
Top depth south-west	590.15
Top depth south-east	588.75
Bottom depth north-west	589.22
Bottom depth north-east	588.05
Bottom depth south-west	589.83
Bottom depth south-east	588.67
Dimension length	4.0
Dimension width	4.0
Start date	2000-08-06
End date	2000-08-06
Color	Grayish brown
Texture	fine grain, poorly sorted.
Composition	topsoil
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.