Aug 12, 2000

Continue flattening the surface of 1003 on the west side. This time, workers did better job. We brushed and see the surface. There was a definate line between loose soil and compacted soil. East side is loose, gray, sub-topsoil. I draw a line following the division of this transition. I made the east side (loose, sub-topsoil) as locus 1004, and west side (compacted) as 1005. While the workers took down the 1004, I excavated (destroyed) the pile of rocks that was floating at the North balk, about 1 m from the west. This structure waas made from several flat rocks of about 2 -5 cm in thickness, and rounded, about 4 - 6 cm in diameter. There were several layer of this rocks, but not in particular order, but it was all layed flat. But few rocks were round, or layed sideways. This rock pile finished around 1002 and 1003 transition in profile, or little deeper. The soil had no significant difference, it was not a mud-bricjk or mortor. I found two pieces of teeth, probably horse in the rock pile. The soil around the teeth seemed brownish in color. I gave different KT numberes (1055 & 1056) for pottery and bones. I gave them Locus 1002, since this structure was in that Locus. I thought about assigning a new Locus, but the rock-pile did not seemed that significant. I am not sure it was cultural or not. Also, I took down another pile of rocks at the SW corner (1 m from W & S). This pile was not layed on levels. Just a conglomorate of 7 large rocks. Soil around the pile seemed compacted and color looked brownish. This pile did not had a flat rocks, and shape and the size of the rocks were irregular. This, I doubt to be cultural.  

Locus 1004 we took several cm down, but found almost nothing. We will take down more tomorrow and hope to find some cultural layer.