Aug 7, 2000

Locus 1000 Still working on the layer of disturbed zone. Now concentrating on the west half of the trench. In this west side, we found more pottery. lithics, and bones. Especially, we found many worked stones. I found a stone bowl (mortar), and stone fish-net weight?(circular grind-stone with hole in the center. Also, several flat, rectangular round edged stones. I do not know why we are getting these materials from this level. pottery seems to be Hellenistic in nature, but lithics and other finds looks like a neolithic site. there were some soil variation in the locus. Andy thinks it is just a baked surface since it is too close to the surface. We have been seeing the same soil everywhere in this site, the hard compacted silt-like soil (almost like a mud-brick). I took out the pot-smash as oone KT number (KT 1011). I decided to close this locus; no definate reason to close, I am seeing some soil variation and it might be a good sign for getting close to the surface.

Locus 1001 This locus is the west halsf of the trench. The purpose is to level the entire trench into flat surface. But if we find something, I will close a locus and make a different locus. Basically, the materials that coming out from this locus is same as locus 1000. Many grind0stones and pottery. I found several large rocks, especially concetrarted arond South side of the locus. Later, we found out that there was a stone lined wall sticking out from the West balk. This wall sticks out from the balk for about 30 cm and it ends there. It probably the end of the wall. This wall is made by piling up stones about 3 or 4 rows. It is only a small portion that is exposed at this moment, so I must clean it up tomorrow and see what is the relationship withe the surface that I am seeing now.

Today, we had a TV crew came to visit our site, and we came back from the site later than usual. I tried my best to write a journal, but I might add some more tomorrow, since I am tired.