Thursday 16th September:
Today started out with making sure our levels were correct from the excavation on Sunday.
With this done, work started on removing the blackened/charcoal layer to the plaster floor beneath.
The floor was very dilapidated in square A1 and was very difficult to keep intact. It had some small sherds of terracotta, that appear to be consistent with earlier finds.
Not to mention, somebody, not naming names (cough* Zac), inadvertently caused a cave-in on the northern wall, removing a broken bottle from situ.
Square B1 was a bit deeper and had a heavy concentration of plant roots. With few artefacts uncovered and the end of the day drawing to a close. An unusual excavation technique was employed (I am unaware of any precedent for this), we have dubbed it 'The Rolling of the Turf' and it worked a treat.
Having exposed the whole Mesoamericanesque plaster floor, we covered it over with a tarp and let it stay until next week, when we make our final clean-up.
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