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July 8, 1988

A.M.

The cleaning of meters H 88-90 was continued using mestalina and hand pick. Smal amounts of pottery and bone were recovered from this burnt area, and small pieces of "floatin" tile, which were knocked loose by the tools, were removed.One piece of molded buccheroid (find #5) was found.

H 91-92, the stump, were also cleared using  hand tools. A piece of bronze (find #1), numerous carbonized seeds (find #2) and framents of an apparent bucchero plate (find #4) were unearthed. The soil to approximately 40 cm is dark brown with

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*The cut to 45-50 cm in F-G 96-97 was completed before beters...[see next page]

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flecks of carbon, while the soil below 40 cm is full of plaster.

Meters F-G 92-94, where the apparent extension of the 1987 tile fall is, were cleaned and cleared using hand tools and brushes. Pottery, both loosened and still in situ is fairly substantial in amount and includes all types. (See especially find #3) Burnt bone was more common in the east than the west portion of these meters, but is still not found in overwhelming quantity.

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...G 96-97 were excavated another 10 cm, bringing the depth to 50-60 cm. Increasing amounts of pottery and a large piece of cover tile indicated that the tile fall may have included this area, but further excavation with hand tools indicated that this was unlikely. The cover tile was lifted and while sifting the dirt from around and underneath it, the pin of a bronze fibula was found (find #6). It should be noted that most of the pottery finds in this area lay in a roughly straight line east to west in the middle of the trench floor. (One box of pottery and few pieces of tile were found.)

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• find #4
• H92 (stump)
• 35-40 cm
• bucchero plate fragment, plus several small fragments
• photo

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P.M.

Meters G-H 88-91 continued to be cleared. One pottery box was recovered, containing roughly 50% bone (all shapes and sizes) and 50% pottery (mostly impasto but with shards of bucchero and buccheroid as well). Most of the bone came from a concentration in G-H 91, which included a large bone left in situ (possibly a breast bone or scapula of a sheep).

The stump in H 91-92 continued to be cleared on its east side, to define the extent of the tiles already known and to

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find any other tiles which may be there.

F 96-97 were cut to 50-60 cm, whereupon a burn layer was hit. Just above this burn layer several large fragments of bone were discovered, most of which were joints or other oddly-shaped pieces. It is possible that this area is an ancient dump from the bone/ivory working area of the Southeast Building.

The tile area in F-G 92-95 continued to be cleaned. One half of a box of pottery was recovered

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