Aug 7, 2000

Level 3 we bashed the surface of level 2. Found few large rocks and just excessive amounts of pot-sherds. We found a possible mud-brick wall against the west balk, but the line was not clear. In Southwest corner, the compacted mud was lined against soft sandy soil, but in north, the line became invisible. I decided to bash through. I kind of hesitated, but since this is not a regular trench, it is better to go deeper. It turned out to be a wall laying below that possible mud-brick, which is in level 4

Level 4 We found stone lined wall. The stones were all layed flat. It was approximately 15-20 cm in length, for each stone. we took a photo and I wrote a plan for the wall (rough sketch). Found more and more pottery, and several large rocks. These rocks could be from a collapse layer. As in the case of trench 1 I found several grind-stone and other worked stone. Since there is a photo record, I will dig this wall, but keep it for a level or two to see if the wall continues down further.