Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Fill
General remarks	L 2010 is an area of very hard soil, probably mud brick debris, in the SW corner of the trench. It equals L 2007 immediately above it, but was made its own locus because it is below the level of soil change observed 8/8. It was closed at the end of the day on 8/15, Phil"s last day of digging.
Strat below	2005, 2007
Strat abuts	2009, 2011
Strat equals	2007
Top depth south	589.41
Bottom depth north	587.98
Bottom depth south	588.05
Dimension length	2.0
Dimension width	0.8
Start date	2000-08-12
End date	2000-08-15
Color	light brownish gray, slightly lighter than surrounding area
Texture	coarse to medium grained poorly sorted
Composition	very hard compacted soil, with pebbles and potsherds
Tentative Date	Middle Bronze Age
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.