Stratum I
Stratum 15
Stratum I
debris 5001
Stratum XV
glacis 5005 wall 5006
Stratum pre XV
soil layer 5007
Locus Phase Description5001 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 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.