Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Fill
General remarks	Area excavated to try and bring more northerly portions of the trench down to the level of the mudbrick house, but encountered a sandy layer which may be the same as the sloping higher locus L5038. Closed at end of season.
Strat below	5054, 5053
Strat abuts	5059
Top depth center	587.24
Bottom depth center	587.15
Dimension length	1.0
Dimension width	1.0
Start date	2001-08-14
End date	2001-08-18
Color	10 YR 3/2
Texture	Very Fine
Composition	Sandy with ash (the latter probably from pit L5059)
Tentative Date	Uncertain
Has note	Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci.