Daily Log

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Tuesday July 5, 2016

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The morning began with hand picking the north west corner of the trench to make it level with the rest of the trench. The soil is dump and still dark brown in color. The stump in the north west corner will remain there until we get approximately 10 more centimeters deep. We have yet to reach a Locus 3 similar to that of CB-61 . Hopefully, the slightly higher elevation of our trench is the reason for this. We hope that picking through this next layer of Locus 2 will reveal similar dirt texture found in the third locus of CB-61 .

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brittle, and we have still not noticed any distinct stratigraphy on our baulk walls like what can be observed in the CB-61 trench.

The afternoon began with picking the soil at the western section of CB-62 . Dirt was hand sorted into buckets and dumped in the wheelbarrow. Terra cotta fragments are larger in size and are also seen more frequently. The soil is dark and slightly damp. There are still many roots in the soil. However, the further we get away from the big stump, the drier the soil gets.

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Another pick pass was thrown at the western most section of the trench. The dirt was hand sorted into buckets and dumped into the wheelbarrow. There were large quantities of terra cotta found. The soil is darker and softer in the south west corner.