LRP Area 5 Report

Area 5 Summary

Area 5 was worked under the direction of John Wade (Area Supervisor) and Harold Forshey (Field Supervisor).

Stratum I

Stratum I in Area 5 consisted of non-stratified slopewash debris 5001.

Stratum 15

The major part of the work in Area 5 was the further exposure of wall 5006 which had been exposed initially in the 1983 field season, with a view to clarifying the relationship between glacis 5005 and wall L5006.

The only features of Stratum XV were glacis 5005 and retaining wall 5006. Excavation has confirmed the conclusion that wall 5006 functioned as an integral part of the defensive structures of Stratum XV. However, it is now clear that wall 5006 functioned as a retaining wall against the outer limit of the glacis. Glacis 5005, consisting of crushed and decayed limestone, appeared in the narrow section in Area 5 with a flat surface. Since the exposure of 5005 is so narrow it is impossible to determine whether it is wash or spill of glacis makeup material from above the wall, or whether it may be a deliberately placed level area on the downslope side of wall 5006, which served as a paved pathway or additional glacis protection. Since there are no tip-lines in the section of L. 5005, an indication one would expect as a sign of erosion, it is less likely to have been washed debris. In addition, since the glacis directly west of wall 5006 was for the most part intact, there does not appear to have been wash of material from the glacis.

Field I Area 5 Phasing Diagram

Stratum I

debris 5001

Stratum XV

glacis 5005 wall 5006

Stratum pre XV

soil layer 5007

Locus List Field I Area 5

Locus Phase Description

5001 I Slope debris 5002 Canceled; combined with 5001 5003 Canceled; combined with 5001 5004 Canceled; combined with 5001 5005 post VX Glacis material 5006 XV Stone wall 5007 pre XV Soil layer

Locus Summary Area 5

Locus  Stratum      Description/Artifacts 

5001	Str. I

	Slope debris, located 1.0 m. from the South balk and 4.0 m. from the East balk 
	at top levels 478.93 m. (W) and 477.68 m. (E) to bottom levels 478.67 m. above 
	wall 5006, 476.80 m. above glacis 5005. 

	Includes 5002, 5003, and 5004, which have been canceled.

		See Sections South, West.

		I.5.1    	7/7/83		EB, LB, Iron II
		I.5.2    	7/8/83		EB, LB, Iron II, Per, Byz
		MC 26001	bone		sample
		MC 26002	shell		sample
		MC 26007	lithic		sample
		I.5.3    	7/8/83		EB, LB, Iron II, Byz
		I.5.4    	7/8/83		EB, Iron II
		MC 26003	shell		sample
		I.5.5    	7/10/83		EB, LB
		I.5.6    	7/10/83		EB, LB, Iron II
		MC 26005	shell		sample
		MC 26006	lithic		sample
		I.5.7    	7/10/83		EB, LB, Per, Byz
		MC 26004	shell		sample
		I.5.8    	7/11/83		EB, Iron II
		I.5.9    	7/11/83		EB, Iron II
		I.5.10  	7/11/83		EB, LB
		I.5.11  	7/11/83		EB
		I.5.12  	7/12/83		EB, Iron II, Byz
		I.5.13  	7/12/83		EB, LB, Iron II
		I.5.14  	7/13/83		EB, Iron II
		I.5.15  	7/13/83		Iron II, Byz
		MC 26008	bone		sample
		MC 26009	shell		sample
		I.5.16  	7/13/83		Iron II, Per
		I.5.17  	7/13/83		LB, Iron II
		I.5.18  	7/13/83		EB, Iron II, Per, Byz
		I.5.19  	7/25/83		EB, LB IIA
		I.5.20  	7/26/83		EB, LB, Byz
		I.5.21  	7/26/83		no pottery

5002		Canceled; combined with 5001

5003		Canceled; combined with 5001

5004		Canceled; combined with 5001
 
5005	Str. XV

	"Glacis" of crushed limestone. Located 1.0 m. from the South balk and 
	between 1.0 m. and 2.25 m. from the East balk at top level 476.35 m. 
	below debris 5001 to bottom levels 475.80 m. (E) and 476.23 m. (W, 
	adjacent to wall 5006) above soil 5007.  
 
	Because of its level, flat surface it may have been a pathway or an 
	additional part of the glacis east of wall 5006. 

		See Section South.

		I.5.22  	7/22/86		EB III
		I.5.23  	7/22/86		EB III
		I.5.24  	7/24/86		EB III                            

5006	Str XV   

	Retaining wall constructed of cobble and boulder-sized field stones.  Located 
	1.0 m. from the South balk and between 2.35 m. and 4.5 m. from the East balk 
	(extending .50 m. into the West balk). At top levels 477.72 m. (E), 477.06 m. 
	(C) and 476.63 m. (W) below debris 5001 to bottom level 475.85 m. (on exposed 
	East face) above soil 5007. 

	Wall 5006 is set into a foundation trench cut into soil 5007. The lower four 
	courses built of large boulders serve to retain the chalk of glacis 6004. 
	Several upper courses were battered or laid in against and on top of the glacis 
	facing. On the downslope face a stepped construction was used, the lowest three 
	courses of which were composed of large boulders. A fourth course was recessed 
	slightly to the West with the four uppermost courses constructed of smaller 
	sized stones and recessed again to the West. Wall 5006 is interpreted as a 
	footing or retaining wall for glacis 6004 and thus an integral part of the 
	defensive structures of Stratum XV. 

               See Section South; Plan 512
               Photos  937, 1254, 1255, 1255A

5007	Str pre XV

	Soil into which the foundation trench for wall 5006 was cut.  At top level 
	475.80 m. (E) and 475.98 m. (W) below glacis material 5005 to bottom levels 
	475.15 m. (E) and 475.50 m. (W) above bedrock. Located 1.0 m. from the South 
	balk and between 2.5 m. and 3.0 m. from the East balk.

               See Section South.

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