Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Pit
General remarks	Very deep and surprisingly empty pit--very little pottery, bone, or lithics, just a ton of very nice black soil that would be wonderful for farming. Maybe the pit was used almost solely for organic refuse in antiquity.
Strat below	5011
Strat above	5058
Strat abuts	5023, 5043, 5044
Strat cuts	5027
Top depth center	587.82
Bottom depth center	587.3
Dimension length	2.0
Dimension width	2.0
Start date	2001-07-14
End date	2001-08-12
Color	10 YR 3/3
Texture	Fine
Composition	Silt, ashy
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.