Weekly summary 1, July 5, 2001

This week I laid out and opened trench C3 which is a 10x10 m square. We are digging here because last season in area C2 there was found what could be a copper producing area It contained copper slag and slag pits which were not identified during the season. I hope to find similar things in trench C3 so we can do an in-depth analysis of the area which may be a primary reason for the occupation of the city during the time period. I started by digging the eastern half (the uphill side) of the trench which was L3000 and composed of a loose, eroded topsoil. After 20 cm or so I go through the topsoil to what I think is a sub-topsoil and closed L3000 and opened L3001 and L3002. L3001 is the western half of the trench and is composed of the same type of topsoil in L3000. L3002 is a more compact sub-topsoil which contains a poorly preserved plaster surface and a potsmash on the plaster surface all in the southern half of the locus. The northern half of the locus remains un-excavated. Next week I hope to find the rest of the plaster surface in L3002 and bring L3001 down to the sub-topsoil and see if it connects with locus 3002.