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.
 
Displaying Diary Entries for Unit: 15179

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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: JMR 
Team:  
Date: 8/15/2010 
Entry: PTW removed the possible installation F.3325 today (the "bukranium"). It sits on a strange bump of plaster, mortar and mud brick (?), but does not seem to be an installation, as I believe - rather a coincidence. He also found the continuation of the floor... 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: JFB 
Team:  
Date: 8/17/2010 
Entry: After working for about a day and a half on unit 15192 suspected burial, it seems so far that this may not have been the primary undisturbed late byzantine burial that we thought. This disturbance was found by JMR investigating the southern reaches of spa... click here for more... 
 
Name: JFB 
Team:  
Date: 8/18/2010 
Entry: I am still working in pit F.3331, exposing the next layer 15195 and the human bone clusters (15199) from an adult - probably all from 15192 individual. Our workers removed the massive flat stone that was inside the pit fill. Human bones are popping up in ... click here for more... 
 

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