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A.M./P.M.          29 July 2013

Excavation continued in locus 14 .  Some picking was done, but troweling was the main form of excavation.  Sorting was done into buckets.  There was no sifting.  Excavation in locus 14 was finished today.  Approximately two dozen small well-worn fragments of terracotta were recovered.

Approximately 1/2 latte-box of pottery sherds was found.  Sixteen pieces of bone and one tooth were found.  One piece of bronze was made a bulk find.  Eight pieces of vitrified material/iron slag were made bulk finds.  One pithos fragment was recovered from locus 10 .

The balk walls were cleaned.  Approximately a dozen small well-worn fragments of terracotta was recovered.  Fourteen pottery sherds and one bone piece were found.

The trench was prepared for closing photos, but photos were not finished when a rain storm hit.

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Special Finds:

1. Locus 14 69.0-E/41.1-S 26.84 m. above absolute elevation Impasto handle sherd

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2. Locus 14 70.1-E/41.6-S 26.76 m. above absolute elevation Spindle whorl

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4. Locus 14 70.8-E/41.2-S 26.85 m. above absolute elevation Cut bone

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Special Finds (cont.):

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3. Locus 14 69.6-E/43.7-S 26.51 m. above absolute elevation Iron slag

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5. Locus 14 69.9-E/42.0-S 26.68 m. above absolute elevation Coil-made impasto sherd with bump

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Closing Co-ordinates of locus 14 :

NW (69-E/41-S):  99 cm. below datum point = 26.79 m. above absolute elevation.

NE (71-E/41-S):  100 cm. below datum point = 26.78 m. above absolute elevation.

SE (71-E/44-S):  126 cm. below datum point = 26.52 m. above absolute elevation.

SW (69-E/44-S):  130 cm. below datum point = 26.48 m. above absolute elevation.