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-wk Three picks and six in support reported for work.  gB reassigned Sadeh to J2 for the day, whereupon Sadeh cut his finger and needed medical attention.  Ghandi excused from work by gb at breakfast to prepare for a wedding in his family.  Work slowed somewhat as a result.

k 103
dy Continued to excavate the hard, gray natural accumulation, f63.  Only two lots of pottery, q109 and q110, taken from the entire day's excavation.
sg gB and jW met and agreed to test the efficacy of using an electrically-powered jackhammer to speed the excavation of f63.  They also agreed to reduce the excavation area to two square meters when the elevation of f63 reaches one meter below the first step to the south.

k 104
dy vS, gM and Zuzan excavated the skeleton, f60, and also removed a stone tool, i10 that was located under the hips and was undoubtedly a grave good.  Zuzan, removed the bones of the animal, f61, and traced the ashy lens, f64, to the east to determine its extent and relationship, if any to the soil, f65, which surrounds the burial, a1.
sg gB, faB, and jW met to evaluate the impact of the cracks we see in the east part of the north baulk and the delay occasioned by the careful excavation of the burial, a1, on our plans to excavate a full 2m by 2m locus behind the monumental wall, f11.  We decided that it was important to reach the north face of f11 and to excavate at least another meter deeper.  gB, faB, and jW suggested that we reduce the excavation area to one that encompasses the south half of the locus.  To excavate safely in this confined space, we must remove three large stones that overhang the locus on its south baulk and which are a part of the last phase of f11.  Therefore we will photograph, relay, draw, and remove these stones, f66, f67, f68.  In addition we will restrain with rope the stones that form the west boundary of the wall apron, f10.

a 1
ds A burial in k104 consisting of a well-preserved skeleton, f60 and i8; two grave goods, a bead, i7, and a hand-sized stone tool, i10.  A stack of partially burned bricks, f62, marked it.
ns The skeleton was found in the bottom of fill, f59, atop two other lenses of fill, red soil, f65, and ashy soil, f64.  We conclude that stone tool, i10, and the bead were placed at the gravesite, then the body was placed overtop in a layer of clean, soil, f59, laid atop f64 and f65, which was then compacted.

i 10
H99 Because this tool was underneath and touching the hips of the body, f60, in the burial, a1, we surmise that it belonged to the deceased and was a grave good.

i 9
nr skull and a few long bones of a large animal, most likely a dog or a pig.  Positive identifcation will have to be made by a paleo-zoologist next season.

f 66
P1 We removed this overhanging stone to safely excavate k104 along the north face of the monumental wall, f11.  We attempted to fashion a rope restraint, but in doing so loosened the stone from the dirt matrix in which it and the stone directly below, f67, sit.

f 67
P1 We removed this overhanging stone to safely excavate k104 along the north face of the monumental wall, f11.  We attempted to fashion a rope restraint, but in doing so loosened the stone from the dirt matrix in which it and the stone directly above, f66, sit.

f 68
P1 In order to safely excavate k104, we removed this stone because it overhangs the north face of the monumental wall, f11.