The Excavation Diary

The excavation diaries are a daily log kept by the excavators on site during each season. They record the day to day activity of the team and their observations on their work.
 
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Name: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/11/2010 
Entry: LKH, SCS and PTW continued taking out roomfill in their spaces and exposing the plastered walls (Space 345: 15172; Space 447: 15163, Space 448: 15166). Checking again the easternmost exposed part of Space 447, it now seems that wall F.3323 does continue t... click here for more... 
 
Name: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/12/2010 
Entry: Today, BOD drew the features we defined yesterday after levelling the area in the NE corner of the trench (F.5052, 5057, 3321, 3320,3322, 3326, 3324). JFB drew the floor (15170) in Space 446. EMM finished taking out cluster U.15160 and defined the outline... click here for more... 
 
Name: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/14/2010 
Entry: XHB, besides from working in the Botany Lab for some hours this morning, drew the NE corner of the trench (Space 446, F.3322, U.15159, 15171) in order to prepare for taking them out and levelling the area tomorrow. PTW drew Space 447. Today I had the idea... click here for more... 
 
Name: BOD 
Team:  
Date: 8/14/2010 
Entry: belated entry for 12/08/2010 today was whiled away in drawing space 450, on which I've been working for the last few days. I have looked on this area for so long now, I can draw its light black on dark gray lines with my eyes closed, but I still can't... click here for more... 
 
Name: BOD 
Team:  
Date: 8/15/2010 
Entry: Spent today exposing the plaster in the NE corner of space 450, around buttress F.3326. Originally I thought I perceived mudbrick and a niche with roomfill, designating two units – U.15182 and U.15183 respectively. I thought the niche contained vessel X11... click here for more... 
 
Name: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/17/2010 
Entry: SCS continued working on the clarification of Features 2429, 2428, 3327, 5052 and 3320. Unfortunately, the decision abutting/ binding into for F.2428 and 5052, and also 2429 and 3327, is still not possible - partially because of the rodent holes and parti... click here for more... 
 
Name: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/18/2010 
Entry: JFB continued in pit F.3331, where a lot of non-articulated human bones now appear everywhere in the northern part and under the large stone, which was taken out today. Before taking it out, we documented the state of excavation in drawing and photo. E... click here for more... 
 
Name: BOD 
Team:  
Date: 8/18/2010 
Entry: Progress for today: first time I've put on a long-sleeve top in the morning. Maybe it's dropped to under 40C? Regarding the floor I wrote about yesterday (U.15170, 15191, 15190), discussion with Roddy from the East Mound shows that our floor follows a ... click here for more... 
 
Name: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/21/2010 
Entry: EMM continued working on the clay ball cluster U.15343 in Space 449. Its outlines are visible now, it is a heap of balls in the eastern part of the trench, fading towards west. IF finished room fill U.15335 in Space 310. At the present level, a seemingly ... click here for more... 
 
Name: BOD 
Team:  
Date: 8/21/2010 
Entry: Last task of the season - to clarify the interesting but confusing inter-buttress area - space 450. 452. Today I started excavating the roomfill in space 450 (U.15340) which at this level turned out to be full of interesting finds - pottery clusters, a... click here for more... 
 

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