Slice of Life:
Thursday the 9th and Saturday the 11th of September...We started out by listing the tasks that needed to be done so that we had a clear plan ahead. We took levels then began excavating, this revealed several more artefacts and the outline of the brick drain became more apparent. We are excavating by contexts and uncovered soil changes as excavation went along so we had to assign a few new contexts such as 153 (which appears to lay above the drain's suspected path) and also directly below context 153 was a new mottled soil colour which we assigned 155 (only discovered near the end of the day).
Thursday the 9th and Saturday the 11th of September...We started out by listing the tasks that needed to be done so that we had a clear plan ahead. We took levels then began excavating, this revealed several more artefacts and the outline of the brick drain became more apparent. We are excavating by contexts and uncovered soil changes as excavation went along so we had to assign a few new contexts such as 153 (which appears to lay above the drain's suspected path) and also directly below context 153 was a new mottled soil colour which we assigned 155 (only discovered near the end of the day).
Jedi Council:
Sunday the 5th of September
The day began in square B1 where we removed the historical layer located to the north-east of the brick drain that ran through both A1 and B1 by bringing this level down to the base of the drain bricks we were able... to locate what we have concluded to be the cut of the drain. The cut included a sandy-orange fill in which we found a small ceramic piece that included a markers mark which can now be used to form an earliest po
ssible date for the drain. Both the north-east and the south-west sides of the drain were excavated down to sterile ground before any bricks were removed. No artefacts were found in these areas so we proceeded to excavate the brick drain (probably the best part of the day hehe). To begin with we removed eight bricks in the south-east corner of B1 to get an idea of what lie below the drain and anything we should be careful of before rushing in. In this initial excavation two marbles were discovered. By the end of the day we had both A1 and B1 excavated down to sterile soil, photos taken and measured maps drawn up. We excavated a total of 4 artefacts. A very successful day in the TARDIS.
Thursday the 9th of September
Not much happened on this day, the sterile soil was removed and the top of the Maya Mesoamerican layer was revealed. No artefacts were discovered.
Slice of Life:
The majority of artefacts recovered have come from context 154 (followed by 153) which covers most of the square bar the drain path and the small charcoal path in the SE corner labeled context 152. Thus far we have over 50 artefacts made up of metal, glass, bone, ceramic and organic material and have not yet analysed them! What we think may be some bluestone abuts the drain and could possibly be steps leading over the drain...we will know more as we do further excavation obviously. Another interesting artefact is appearing in the NW corner, it is unknown what this round-metal object is at this point but it looks cool :P. Other than that we have always had one member of the team as the lab monkey to keep the increasing number of artefacts organised and ready for analysis. Joy.
Sunday the 5th of September
The day began in square B1 where we removed the historical layer located to the north-east of the brick drain that ran through both A1 and B1 by bringing this level down to the base of the drain bricks we were able... to locate what we have concluded to be the cut of the drain. The cut included a sandy-orange fill in which we found a small ceramic piece that included a markers mark which can now be used to form an earliest po
ssible date for the drain. Both the north-east and the south-west sides of the drain were excavated down to sterile ground before any bricks were removed. No artefacts were found in these areas so we proceeded to excavate the brick drain (probably the best part of the day hehe). To begin with we removed eight bricks in the south-east corner of B1 to get an idea of what lie below the drain and anything we should be careful of before rushing in. In this initial excavation two marbles were discovered. By the end of the day we had both A1 and B1 excavated down to sterile soil, photos taken and measured maps drawn up. We excavated a total of 4 artefacts. A very successful day in the TARDIS.Thursday the 9th of September
Not much happened on this day, the sterile soil was removed and the top of the Maya Mesoamerican layer was revealed. No artefacts were discovered.
Slice of Life:
The majority of artefacts recovered have come from context 154 (followed by 153) which covers most of the square bar the drain path and the small charcoal path in the SE corner labeled context 152. Thus far we have over 50 artefacts made up of metal, glass, bone, ceramic and organic material and have not yet analysed them! What we think may be some bluestone abuts the drain and could possibly be steps leading over the drain...we will know more as we do further excavation obviously. Another interesting artefact is appearing in the NW corner, it is unknown what this round-metal object is at this point but it looks cool :P. Other than that we have always had one member of the team as the lab monkey to keep the increasing number of artefacts organised and ready for analysis. Joy.
Jedi Council:
Sunday 12 September consisted of removing the remainder of the sterile-scoria layer,
then a yellow layer that exposed a number of terracotta sherds and a flaked obsidian piece were embedded in the charcoal/black soil in A1.
This black/charcoal layer was left intact and showed at many points that it covered a plaster floor.
The decision was made to map and remove these artefacts in order to protect their fabric.
The terracotta sherds appear to be fragments of a single artefact that had been fragmented, although proper analysis will have to be done to confirm this.
Not to mention the salmon patties, salad, a variety of goats cheese and breads for lunch provided by AZ & DG was a rather refreshing change of pace.
The decision was made to map and remove these artefacts in order to protect their fabric.
The terracotta sherds appear to be fragments of a single artefact that had been fragmented, although proper analysis will have to be done to confirm this.
Not to mention the salmon patties, salad, a variety of goats cheese and breads for lunch provided by AZ & DG was a rather refreshing change of pace.
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