LRP Field I Report

Area A9 Summary

Excavation of Area A9 was under the direction of H. Forshey (1979-80), Jack Phillips (1983), R. Mills (1986), R. Muldenhauer and L. McKinney (1987), and Paul Jacobs as Field Supervisor. Portions of Strata I, VIII, X, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV were found in the excavation area.

Stratum I

Stratum I in Area A9 consisted of non-stratified slope wash materials A9001 from the tell.

Stratum VIII

Stratum VIII in Area A9 consisted of two phases.

Stratum VIIIA

In the A9/A10 balk a deep, clay-filled pit A9003 was found to dug from the level of the Stratum VIII LB II platform. The purpose of pit L.A9003 is unknown; however, it is likely that this now filled pit may have been an abandoned storage pit or silo similar to the ones found in Areas 11, All and the A10/A11 balk. Little of the platform material of Stratum VIII (named A9002) survived in Area A9.

Pre Stratum VIII

Similar to the findings of the construction phase in Areas 11, 10, A11, and A10, beneath the clay-loess material A9002 were an ash layer A9004 and stone base A9008 as preparation for constructing the Stratum VIII platform for silos.

Stratum X

A room of the Stratum X Late Bronze II "residency" type house was found in Area A9. There were four phases of this room.

Stratum XA

The latest use phase of the room in Area A9 consists of a large courtyard surface A9005 (and pottery on that surface A9005.P) surrounded by walls A90l0, A901l and A9014. On this courtyard surface was tabun A9007 in the corner formed by walls A9O1O and A9Oll. In this phase XA the tabun sat across a threshhold between walls A9011 and A9010, blocking traffic that might have moved between the the rooms in Areas B9 and A9. Ash A9009 from the firing of tabun A9007 was tossed into and through the entranceway into the room in Area B9.

West of wall A9011 (just outside the room in Area A9) were found earth floor A9016, bin A9020, and stone mortar A9015, along with a cooking pot and store jars. These items, though located within the excavation area A9, belong to the collection of artifacts found on the floor of the central room of the Stratum X house. See the descriptions in Areas 10 and A10.

Stratum XA is the stage of occupation in this building at the time the fire broke out and badly burned it.

Stratum XB

In the earlier phase XB walls A9O1O, A9Oll and A9014 were again used with a courtyard surface A90l2 (and pottery on it A9012.P). This surface also had a tabun A9O13, located in the northeastern corner of the Area against wall A90l0, thus leaving open the passageway to the room in Area B9 between walls A90l0 and A9Oll. Mortar A90l5 also functioned in this phase on an earlier surface corresponding to surface 9027 in Area 9. The southern wall A90l4 of this room is broken at its eastern (downslope) extremity; in fact, the entire southeast corner of this room has eroded.

The western wall A901l of the room is part of the main wall line extending from Area 9 through Area A9 and into Area B9. The northern wall A90l0 in Phase XB admitted passage via a cobbled threshold into yet another room in Area B9. The eastern wall has been nearly completely lost through erosion, though a small portion of it was preserved in the northeast corner of the area. Packed earth surface A90l2 was not entirely devoid of features but contained little of unusual character; tabun A9013 was built onto it in the northeast corner of the room and a low reflection wall set next to it. A small pit (post-hole?) was also found in the center of the room.

Surface A90l2 made use of the top course of the earlier wall line A9017 as part of the walking area. This earlier line of stones abuts wall A9011, thus pointing to a still earlier phase of the room.

In Stratum XB the room in Area A9 was altered by the replacement of Stratum XC wall A9017 with wall A9014.

Stratum XC

Stratum XC shares some of the main architectural elements as found in Stratum XB——walls A9010, A9011--but with an earlier wall A9017 as its southern limit. Earth surface A9018 was used with these walls.

Stratum XD

Stratum XD represents the earliest phase and arrangement of the room in Area A9. In this phase walls A9011 and A9010 were already in use; wall A9017 served as the southern wall of the room (replaced in Stratum 1OB by wall A9014.) In the southwestern corner of the room, formed by the juncture of walls A9017 and A9011, sump A9031 had been cut deeply through Strata XII and XIII. In this earliest phase earth surface A9019 was the common use surface inside the room. A lined pit/bin or tabun foundation A9036 was set into Surface A9019 in the northeast corner of the area at the juncture of walls A9010 and B9021.

Especially important was. the discovery of a blocked threshhold A9051 in wall A9011. This in Stratum XD had permitted communication directly between the central room of the Stratum X “residency” and the room in Area A9.

South of wall A9017, in another room of the LB house now mainly destroyed by erosion, yet another surface A9030 with a large stone mortar A9037 set into it was found. Two small grinding stones nearby also give evidence of the domestic activities in this room. A small, shallow pit--lined with clay and sherds-—beside the mortar may have been used as a receptacle for holding store jars upright while grain or other material was removed and ground in the mortar.

Stratum pre X

Excavation in 1986 revealed extensive pitting and backfilhing in preparation for the construction of the “residency” building of Stratum X. A deep fill covers the area and extends into Area B9 and the A9/9 balk. This fill was for the most part sterile debris (A9073, A9029, A9038, A9039, A9054, A9055, A9056). Some pitting reached Stratum XII walls, but apparently left the foundation courses of those walls intact. It is likely that the deep fill in preparation for construction in Stratum X was necessary because Area A9 lay open as a drainage downslope through much of its use in the Early Bronze Strata XII-XIV. Even in Stratum XI, the Late Bronze resettlement of the tell, the Area did not receive much architecture because of its slope.

Two phases of Stratum XI were found in Area A9. The resettlers of the tell in Area A9 found remains of Early Bronze Stratum XII walls standing still above ground and in several instances used these remains as foundations for their own building, in what has to be described as a “squatter’s phase” in Area A9. However, the paucity of architecture in Area A9 during Stratum XI resettlement must also be attributed to the contours of the area created by the earlier Early Bronze Str. XII-XIV dedication of the area to draining upslope street and domestic areas.

Wall A9081, first constructed in Stratum XII, was rebuilt and used through both Stratum XI phases. Nearly all of the surviving Statum. XI architecture was found north of wall A9081, extending primarily into Area B9.

In the final phase of Stratum XI in Area A9, rebuilt wall A9081 formed the southern limit of architecture in the area. Walls A9084/B9025 and A9085 abutted Wall A9081 from the north and were used with an earth surface A9087. South of wall A9081 was only a poorly preserved surface A9041. It is most likely that the region south of wall A9081 was an outdoor area, the architecture north of wall A9081 an indoor context.

Stratum pre XIA

Fill A9042 and foundation A9089 mark a construction phase for Stratum XIA.

Stratum XIB

In the first resettlement of the tell after the end of the Early Bronze Age, a domestic structure was built partly in Area A9. This included the reuse and rebuilding of a portion of walls A9081 and A9082, the addition of Wall A9085 and earth surface A9087. All of these architectural features were built north of wall A9081, while to the south only a patchy earth surface A9043 was found in a small segment of the area.

As noted above, the failure to use Area A9 for construction in Str. XI was probably due to the contours established in and surviving from the Early Bronze age.

Stratum pre XI

Debris A9095 is associated with the construction phase for Stratum XIB.

Stratum XII

Stratum XII in Area A9 is characterized by the reappearance of architecture in the area, following its use as an open drain throughout Stratum XII. This renewal of architecture in Area A9 corresponds to the addition of a new building in Area A8, which had been added by way of heavy terracing of Areas A8 and A9. As a result of the terracing, built in order to add usable building and living space to the eastern slope of the tell, Area A9 changed in character from a sloping drain in Stratum XIII probably to a passageway/path to the new house in Area A8 on the newly expanded edge of the tell. Stratum XIII, then, represents a retrenchment of the living space on the tell, while Stratum XII represents the recovery of the space used in Stratum XIV. Something of the growth and contraction of the site in the final two Early Bronze Age strata has been recovered.

The later phases of Stratum 12 remains had been partially disturbed by pitting of Stratum X. The basic architectural configuration in Area A9 seems to have been determined by the architectural structures to the north and to the south of the area. The result in Area A9 is a small irregularly shaped space between buildings, whose south wall is at an oblique angle. The main surfaces of Stratum XII may, therefore, represent only a passage between buildings. Three phases of occupation in Stratum XII were identified.

As found in other areas in Field I the construction of Strata XII-XIII architecture frequently was one atop the other. Str. XII builders utilized, in part, existing walls of Stratum XIII and built upward..

Stratum post XII

Debris locis A9074, A9088, and A9104, along with rockfalls A9114 and A9116, and pit A9076 are associated with the end of Stratum XII. Stratum XIIA

The final phase of Stratum XII consists of several walls used together, two of them in a buttressing function. Walls A9081 and A9082 (in a late rebuilding) were joined to wall A9080/A9090 (wall A9080 buttressing earlier wall A9090) by surface A9091. Wall A9080 had been constructed directly on surface A9091, demonstrating that it functioned with surface A9091. Still another wall, A9079, cut across the area from the northwest to the southeast and abutted walls A9082 and A9080/A9090.

Wall A9079 had been added in Stratum XIIA, apparently as a replacement for the earlier wall A9099 and the parallel wall A9092, both belonging to earlier phases of Stratum XII. The function of this wall across the area may have been simply terracing, as a step down a descending path, or, because it sat partly aboveground, as a barrier to traffic. A small bin, A9102, was found beside wall A9081, cut into surface A9091.

In addition, north of wall A9081 surface A9105 connects the end of Area B9 Stratum XIIA architecture (wall A9085) to area A9. A fuller description of the Area B9 architecture of Stratum XIIA is found in the Area B9 field report. Surface A9077, in the southwest corner of the area has also been associated with this phase, on the basis of relative level only.

Possibly the architectural elements in Stratum XIIA make up an exterior setting, perhaps a passageway between buildings located in Areas B9 and 9 onto street A10172.

Stratum XIIB

Stratum XIIB consists of an earlier arrangement of Walls A9081 and A9082 (seen in Stratum XIIA above) connected to wall A9090 by means of surface A9091. Wall A9092, in the southwestern corner of the area, was connected to walls A9081 and A9082 by the addition of earth surface A9091 and abutted wall A9082 and wall A9090 (within the south balk). Since wall A9092 had been added to the growing architecture of Stratum XII in Phase 12C, it is possible that it was to have functioned as a barrier against entrance between walls A9081 and A9090, or perhaps as part of a descending pathway down to the (slightly lower) Stratum XII house in Area A8.

Wall A9081 was first added in Stratum XIIB, marking a major division between Areas A9 and B9, while apparently simply expanding the dimensions of the Stratum XII building in Area B9. Bin A9102 had also been added beside wall A9081 in this phase XIIB.

Again, because of the irregular alignments of the walls of Stratum XIIB and the sloping surface A9091, it seems likely that the unit in Area A9 represents outdoor architecture, perhaps a passage way between buildings in Areas A9 and 9.

Stratum XIIC

The earliest remains from Stratum 12 consisted of Wall A9099, Wall A9092, Wall A9090 and Wall A9082(B) together with surfaces A9098 and A9100.

Stratum XIIC1

This final sub-phase of Stratum XIIC involved the addition of wall A9099, parallel to wall A9092, built directly on Surface A9100. Walls A9092 and A9099 were joined by an earth surface A9098, while surface A9100 ran to walls A9082B and A9090. This sub-phase appears to represent the repeated need to reinforce the attempts to terrace the eastern slope of the tell for adequate support of housing upslope, or for the need to add steps in a descending pathway toward the Area A8 Stratum XII house. Important to this latter suggestion is the discovery of a threshhold A9112 in wall A9082, just west of wall A9092. This threshhold permitted passage between the Stratum XII street in Area A10 and Area A9 itself. As a unit, however, the architecture of Stratum XIIC1 in Area A9 seems to have functioned as an outdoor passageway between buildings.

Stratum XIIC2

The earlier of the sub-phases of Stratum XIIC consisted of walls A9090, A9092, A9082B joined together by the common surface A9100. Threshhold A9112 in wall A9082 belongs likewise to the earliest phase of Stratum XII.

This sub-phase seems to have been the earliest attempt to consolidate the eastern slope of the tell by means of walls A9090 and A9092, which are understood here to have been terracing walls for upslope construction, or as steps in a descending pathway. The Area remained an open, perhaps, passage between buildings.

Stratum XIII

Area A9 had remained open throughout the period of the Stratum XII settlement, providing drainage and possibly passage from upslope buildings and streets. It is thus possible to account for the numerous lenses and undulating deposits of ashy soil and the absence of significant architectural remains. These depositions, which slope to the North and East, are in excess of a half meter. In the northeast quadrant a sluiceway, for which three distinct phases could be identified, was created. The upper two phases were carefully lined with pottery and other objects to reduce the effects of erosion. The only other architectural features from Stratum XIII are walls A9117 and A9129 on the South and wall A9082C on the West. Walls A9117 and A9129 defined the southern boundary of this open drainage area. Wall A9082C provides evidence for the way in which Stratum XIII builders terraced and stepped their structures upslope. A break or opening in wall A9082C provided an entrance from the upslope street in Area A10.

Several subphases were identified for Stratum XIII. Numerous additional lenses and separations in the debris were noted but could not be traced distinctly over the entire area.

Stratum XIIIA

The final phase of Stratum XIII in Area A9 consisted of a poorly preserved surface A9103 used with walls A9082C, A9117 and A9129. The space outlined by these three walls was an outdoor area, probably used as a drainage or passageway between buildings. A small paved or cobbled section A9119 of surface A9103 was found along the North balk.

Stratum XIIIB

Stratum XIIIB contained two phases of a lined sluice or drain (A9127 and A9130) located in the northeast corner of the area.

Stratum XIIIB1

In Stratum XIIIB1 surface A9122 lead down to the northeast to drain A9127 and simultaneously connected to walls A9082C, A9117 and A9129.

Stratum XIIIB2

In stratum XIIIB2 an earlier version of the lined drain A9130 was used with surface A9 122.

Stratum XIIIC

In Stratum XIIIC a still earlier form of the drain A9131 served to function with surface A9135 and walls A9082C, A9117 and A9129.

Stratum XIIID

The earliest subphase identified as Stratum XIII in Area A9 consists of patchy surface A9137 used with the three walls A9082C, A9117 and A9129. The earliest evidence for Stratum XIII is a leveling operation (debris A9139) extending over nearly the entire area.

Stratum XIV

Two phases of stratum XIV remains were identified in Area A9. Both appear to have been outdoor, domestic remains.

Stratum XIVA

The final phase of Stratum XIV in Area A9 was an ashy surface A9145 that was used with walls A9142 and A9149. In addition Wall A9150, located in the East balk, has been associated with Stratum XIV, though its connection has not been clearly established. The ash on surface A9145 suggests residue from domestic cooking.

Stratum XIVB

The earliest remains of Stratum XIV consisted of wall A9142, cooking platform or hearth A9147 and surface A9148. This installation is well constructed of flat cobblestones averaging 3 cm. to 5 cm. in thickness. The large quantity of ash in the debris above and adjacent to this installation as well as the similarity to installations identified as cooking platforms at Arad identify this as a hearth or cooking platform.

Curving wall A9142 had been initially identified by means of the GPR survey of Area A9.

Field I Area A9 Phasing Diagram

Stratum I

9001 debris

Stratum VIIIA

Pit A9003

Stratum VIIIB

Platform A9002 ash A9004 platform base A9008

Stratum XA

Surface A9005 A9005.1 Wall A9010, Wall A9011, Wall A9014 Tabun A9007 Mortar A9015 Surface A9016 A9016.P Ash A9009

Stratum XB

Surface A9012 A9012.1 Wall A9010, Wall A9011, Wall A9014 bench A9020 tabun A9013 Mortar A9015 Debris A9022

Stratum XC

Wall A9011 Wall A9017 Surface A9018

Stratum pre XC

Debris A9021 Fill A9063

Stratum XD

Wall A9017 Surface A9019 Wall A9011 wall A9010 Sump A9031 surface A9030 Mortar A9032 lined pit A9037 Installation A9026 installation A9036 Surface A9016 A9016.1 bench A9020 Threshold A9051 A9051.P A9051.1 Wall A9052

Stratum pre XD

A9038 debris beneath wall A9017 Foundation material A9029 for wall A9010 Fill A9073/A9072 Debris A9058 Debris A9056

Stratum post XI

fill A9039 (+A9040) ash A9034 Debris A9067 Cobbles A9075 Wall collapse A9093 Debris A9044

Stratum XIA

Surface A9041 A9041.1 Wall A9084 Wall A9085 Surface A9087 A9087.P Wall A9081

Stratum pre XI

fill/bricks A9042 foundation A9089

Stratum XIB

Surface A9043 Wall A9085 Surface A9087 A9087.P A9087.1 Wall A9081

Stratum pre XIB

Debris A9095

Post Stratum XII

Debris A9074 Debris A9088 Rockfall A9114 rockfall A9116 Debris A9104 pit A9076

Stratum XIIA

surface A9077 A9077.1 Wall A9080 Wall A9085 Surface A9105 A9105.1 Wall A9080/A9090 Surface A9091 A9091.P Wall A9079 Wall A9082A Wall A9081 Bin A9102 surface A9114 A9114.1 Wall A9138 Surface A9118 A9118.P A9118.1

Stratum pre XIIA

Debris A9094 debris A9125 debris A9140

Stratum post XIIB

Debris A9078 Debris A9097

Stratum XIIB

Wall A9090 Surface A9091 A9091.1 Wall A9082AB Wall A9081 Wall A9092 Bin A9102 Wall A9120

Stratum pre XIIB

debris A9124

Stratum XIIC1

Surface A9100 A9100.P A9100.1 Threshhold A9112 Wall A9090 Wall A9082B Wall A9092 Surface A9098 Wall A9099 Surface A9098 A9098.1

Stratum pre XIIC1

debris A9107

Stratum XIIC2

Surface A9100 Threshhold A9112 Wall A9090 Wall A9082B surface A9098 Wall A9099 Wall A9092

Stratum pre XII

Debris A9107 debris A9111

Stratum XIIIA

Surface A9108 A9108.P A9108.1 Surface A9103 A9103.1 Wall A9082C Wall B9067 Wall A9129 Wall A9117 Paved installation A9119 A9119.1

Stratum pre XIIIA

cobbles A9113 fill A9110

Stratum XIIIB1

surface A9122 A9122.P A9122.1 drain A91217 A9127.P A9127.1 wall A9082C Wall A9117 Wall A9129

Stratum XIIIB2

Drain A9130 A9130.P A9130.1 Wall A9082C Wall A9117 Wall A9129 Surface A9122

Stratum post XIIIC

rockfall A9132 rockfall A9136

Stratum XIIIC

surface A9135 A9135.1 Drain channel A9131 A9131.P A9131.1 wall A9117 Wall A9082C Wall A9129

Stratum XIIID

surface A9137 wall A9082C Wall A9117 Wall A9129

Stratum pre XIIID

debris A9139

Stratum XIVA

surface A9145 A9145.1 wall A9142 Wall A9149 cobbles A9144 wall A9150

Stratum XIVB

installation A9147 surface A9148 A9148.1 Wall A9142

Locus List Field I Area A9

Locus Phase Description

A9001 I Slope debris A9002 VIII Platform A9003 post VIII Pit/silo A9004 VIII ash fill A9005 XA Surface A9005.1 XA Debris of surface A9005 A9006 Canceled; combined with A9004 A9007 XA Tabun A9008 VIII Platform base A9009 XA Tabun ash A9010 XABCD Wall A9011 XABCD Wall A9012 XB Surface A9012.1 XB Debris of surface A9012 A9013 XB Tabun A9014 XAB Wall A9015 XAB Installation, mortar A9016 XA Surface (same as 10042) A9016.P XA A9016.1 XA Debris of surface A9016 A9017 XCD Wall A9018 XC Surface A9019 XD Surface A9019.P XD A9019.1 XD Debris of surface A9019 A9020 XA Bin A9021 pre XC Fill A9022 pre XB Debris beneath tabun A9013 A9023 Canceled; combined with A9021 A9024 Canceled; combined with A9019 A9024.P Canceled; combined with A9019.P A9024.1 Canceled; combined with A9019.1 A9025 Canceled; combined with A9019 A9026 XD Installation A9027 Canceled; combined with A9021 A9028 Canceled; combined with A9021 A9029 pre X Debris beneath wall A9010 A9030 XD Surface A9030.1 XD Debris of surface A9030 A9031 XD Installation (sump? Or base for tabun?) A9032 XD Mortar set into surface A9030 A9033 Canceled; combined with A9041 A9033.P Canceled; combined with A9041.P A9033.1 Canceled; combined with A9041.1 A9034 post XI Ash layer on surface A9041 A9035 Canceled; combined with A9022 A9036 XI Bin A9037 XD Pit cut into A9030 A9038 pre X Debris beneath wall A9017 A9039 pre X Fill A9040 Canceled; combined with A9039 A9041 XIA1-2 Surface A9041.P XIA1-2 A9041.1 XIA1-2 Debris of surface A9041 A9042 pre XIA Fill below A9041 A9043 XIB Surface A9044 XD Debris inside bin A9036 A9045 Canceled; combined with A9039 A9046 Canceled; combined with A9031 A9047 Canceled; combined with A9041 A9047.1 Canceled; combined with A9041.1 A9048 Canceled; combined with A9038 A9049 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9050 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9051 XD Surface (threshold through wall A9011 A9051.P XD A9051.1 XD Debris of A9051 A9052 X Continuation of wall 10018 A9053 Canceled; combined with A9021 A9054 pre X Debris beneath wall A9052/10018 A9055 pre X Ash lens below A9054 and on top of A9073 A9056 pre X Debris beneath wall A9011 A9057 pre XA Pit A9058 pre XA Pit A9059 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9059.P Canceled; combined with A9073 A9059.1 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9060 Canceled; combined with A9031 A9061 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9062 Canceled;combined with A9073 A9063 pre XD Fill debris in doorway A9064 Canceled; combined with A9063 A9065 Canceled; combined with A9063 A9066 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9067 post XI Destruction debris A9068 Number not used A9069 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9070 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9071 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9072 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9073 pre X Fill A9074 post XII Debris A9075 post XII Cobbles A9076 post XII Pit A9077 XIIA Plaster surface A9077.1 XIIA Debris of surface A9077 A9078 post XIIB/pre XIIA Debris A9079 XIIA Wall A9080 XIIA Wall A9081 XI-XIIAB Wall A9082 XIIA Wall A9082A XIIBC Wall (earlier configuration) A9082C XIIIA-D Wall (earlier configurarion) A9083 Canceled; combined with A9073 A9084 XIA Wall (same as B9025) A9085 XI-XIIA Wall A9086 Canceled; combined with A9082 A9087 XIAB Surface (same as B9029) A9087.P XIAB A9087.1 XIAB Debris of surface A9087 A9088 post XII Destruction debris A9089 pre XI Debris beneath wall A9084 A9090 XIIABC Wall A9091 XIIAB Surface A9091.P XIIA A9091.1 XIIA Debris of surface A9091 A9092 XIIBC Wall A9093 post XI Collapsed debris A9094 pre XIIA Debris beneath wall A9080 A9095 pre XIA Ashy debris (continuation of B9029.1 into balk) A9096 Canceled; combined with A9094 A9097 post XIIB/pre XIIA Fill A9098 XIIC Surface A9098.1 XIIC Debris of surface A9098 A9099 XIIC1 Wall A9100 XIIC Surface A9100.P XIIC A9100.1 XIIC Debris of surface A9100 A9101 Canceled; combined with A9100 A9101.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1 A9102 XIIAB Bin in surface A9091 A9103 XIIIA Surface A9103.1 XIIIA Debris of surface A9103 A9104 post XIII Destruction debris or fill A9105 XIIA Surface (same as B9063) A9105.1 XIIA Debris of surface A9105/B9063 A9106 Canceled; combined with A9105.1 A9107 pre XIIC Debris beneath wall A9090 A9108 XIIIA Surface (same as B9074==A9103??) A9108.P XIIIA A9108.1 XIIIA Debris of surface A9108/B8074 A9109 Canceled; combined with A9108.1 A9110 preXIIC Fill below A9100.1 A9111 PreXIIC1 Debris beneath wall A9099 A9112 XIIC Threshold through wall A9082 A9113 pre XIIIA Fill below A9108.1 A9114 post12 Rockfall debris A9115 Canceled; combined with A9100 A9115.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1 A9116 post XII Rockfall A9117 XIIIA-D Wall A9118 XIIA Surface A9118.P XIIA A9118.1 XIIA Debris of surface A9118 A9119 XIIIA Patch of paved surface in A9103 A9119.1 XIIIA Debris of surface A9119 A9120 XIIB Wall segment A9121 Canceled; combined with A9100 A9121.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1 A9122 XIIIB Surface A9122.P XIIIB A9122.1 XIIIB Debris of surface A9122 A9123 Canceled; combined with A9100.1 A9124 pre XIIB Debris beneath wall A9081 A9125 pre XIIA Debris beneath rebuild of wall A9081 A9126 Canceled; combined with A9100 A9126.P Canceled; combined with A9100.P A9126.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1 A9127 XIIIB1 Lined drainage channel A9127.P XIIIB1 A9127.1 XIIIB1 Debris of drainage channel A9127 A9128 Canceled; combined with A9125 A9129 XIIIA-D Wall A9130 XIIIB2 Lined drainage channel (earlier phase) A9130.P XIIIB2 A9130.1 XIIIB2 Debris of drainage channel A9130 A9131 XIIIC Lined drainage channel (earliest phase) A9131.P XIIIC A9131.1 XIIIC Debris of drainage channel A9131 A9132 post XIIIC Rockfall A9133 Canceled; combined with A9110 A9134 Canceled; combined with A9131.1 A9135 XIIIC Surface A9135.1 XIIIC Debris of surface A9135 A9136 post XIIIC Rockfall debris A9137 XIIID Surface A9138 XIIA Wall segment A9139 pre XIIID Fill A9140 preXIIA Debris below wall A9138 A9141 Canceled; combined with A9077 A9141.1 Canceled; combined with A9077.1 A9142 XIVABC Wall A9143 Canceled; combined with A9139 A9144 XIVA Cobbles A9145 XIVA Surface A9145.1 XIVA Debris of surface A9145 A9146 Canceled; combined with A9145.1 A9147 XIVC Cooking platform A9148 XIVC Surface to wall A9142 and cooking platform A9147 A9148.1 XIVC Debris of surface A9148 A9149 XIVAB Mudbrick wall A9150 XIVAB Wall

Locus Summary Area A9

Locus Stratum Description/Artifacts
A9001 Str. I

Debris washed down the slope of the tell. Located 5.0 m. from the West
balk and 5.0 m. from the North balk at top levels 485.43 m. (NW), 485.01
m. (SW), 484.41 m. (SE), 484.50 m. (NE) to 485.10 m. (NW), 484.63 m. (SW),
484.05 m. (SE), 484.73 m. (NE) above A9002, A9003, A9005, A9007,
A9010, and A9014.

See Sections North, South, West, East.

I.A9.1 6/19/79 EB, Iron II NS
MC 5002 chert sample
MC 5020 bone sample
I.A9.2 6/19/79 EB, Iron II NS
I.A9.3 6/20/79 EB, LB, Iron II NS
MC 5014 lithic sample
MC 5031 bone sample
I.A9.4 6/20/79 EB, LB I, II, Iron II NS
MC 5015 lithic 5015, 5015A
MC 5022 bone sample
MC 5252 shell sample
I.A9.5 6/20/79 EB, LB NS
MC 5028 bone sample
MC 5037 bone sample
MC 5181 lithic sample
I.A9.6 6/20/79 EB, LB, Iron II one Rom NS
MC 5027 bone sample
MC 5195 lithic 5195, 5195A
MC 5259 shell sample
I.A9.7 6/21/79 EB, LB NS
MC 5032 metal shrapnel discard
MC 5033 lithic blade sample
MC 5034 shell sample
MC 5047 pebble discard
MC 5048 bone sample
MC 5055 lithic sample
I.A9.8 6/21/79 EB, LB NS
MC 5049 bone sample
MC 5126 shell sample
MC 5268 lithic sample
I.A9.9 6/21/79 EB, LB, Byz NS
MC 5039 shell sample
MC 5040 bone sample
MC 5063 lithic sample
I.A9.10 6/21/79 EB, LB UDNS
MC 5056 lithic sample
MC 5054 bone sample
I.A9.11 6/21/79 EB, Iron II NS
MC 5053 bone sample
MC 5057 lithic sample
MC 5130 shell sample
I.A9.12 6/22/79 EB, LB II, Iron I? one Byz
MC 5110 bone sample
MC 5134 shell sample
I.A9.13 6/22/79 EB, LB, Hel? NS
MC 5075 lithic sample
MC 5115 bone sample
MC 5136 shell sample
MC 5175 potter's mark Obj. 381
I.A9.14 6/22/79 LB
MC 5072 flint blade 5072, 5072A
MC 5076 lithic sample
I.A9.15 6/22/79 EB, LB +UDNS
MC 5077 lithic sample
MC 5128 shell sample
I.A9.17 6/25/79 EB, LB
MC 5087 lithic 5087, 5087A
MC 5092 shell sample
MC 5221 lithic Obj. 375
MC 5581 bone sample
I.A9.19 6/25/79 EB, LB II
MC 5189 bone sample
I.A9.24 6/26/79 EB, LB II
MC 5099 lithic sample
MC 5137 shell sample
MC 5184 lithic sample
I.A9.25 6/27/79 EB, LB II
MC 5129 shell sample
MC 5188 lithic sample
MC 5305 bone sample
I.A9.29 6/27/79 LB II NS
MC 5211 lithic sample
MC 5258 shell sample
MC 5850 bone sample
I.A9.34 6/28/79 LB II
MC 5853 bone sample
I.A9/9.48 7/3/79 Iron II UDNS
I.A9/9.49 7/3/79 EB, Iron II UDNS
MC 5532 stamped handle Obj. 394
MC 5558 shell sample
MC 5592 bone sample
MC 5620 chert sample
I.A9/9.50 7/4/79 Iron II UDNS
MC 5549 shell sample
MC 5603 chert sample
MC 5594 bone sample
MC 5559 ballista discard
I.A9/9.56 7/5/79 UD NS
MC 5654 ballista discard
MC 5659 shell sample
MC 5702 bone sample
MC 5717 lithic sample
I.A9/9.59 7/9/79 EB, MB, LB, Per? NS
MC 5661 bead discard
MC 5660 faience bead discard
MC 5686 lithic sample
MC 5690 shell sample
MC 5718 bone sample
I.A9/9.60 7/9/79 EB, LB NS
MC 5688 shell sample
MC 5707 bone sample
MC 5816 chert sample
I.A9.106 7/23/80 LB UDNS
MC 12376 shell sample
MC 12377 bone sample
I.A9.158 7/22/83 EB, LB, I2
MC 22088 Bone sample
MC 22098 Worked Rock Discard
I.A9.159 7/22/83 LB I, I2
MC 22089 Bone sample
I.A9.409 6/30/87 NO POTTERY
MC 50107 Ground Stone Obj 1579

A9002 Str VIII

Platform material consisting of heavily compacted clay and loess, badly eroded in Area A9.
Contains lenses of ash, pottery, some bone. Located 5.0 m. from the North balk and 93 cm. from
the West balk (at South balk line), 1.3 m. from the West balk (at North balk line) at top levels
485.36 m. (N), 485.09 m. (S) below L.A9001 to 484.67 m. above A9004 and A9010. This material was
cut by A9003. This locus is a continuation of A10005/9013.

See Sections North, South, West.

I.A9.22 6/26/79 LB II
MC 5095 chert sample
MC 5098 wadi stone discadd
MC 5113 lithic blade sample
MC 5114 ballista discard
MC 5304 bone sample

A9003 Str VIIIA

Pit cut into the platform, possibly originally a lined silo containing
highly compacted, fired clay, orange-brown in color, with a line of ash,
little pottery and shell. Located between 80 cm. and 2.17 m. from the
South balk and between 3.15 and 4.8 m. from the East balk at top levels
485.07 m. (E), 485.26 m. (W) below A9001 to 484.08 m. above wall A9011,
surface A9016, bin A10028, and chaff A10027. Cut through A9002, A9008,
A9004 and into wall A9011.

See Section West.

I.A9.21 6/26/79 LB II
MC 5138 shell sample
MC 5186 chert sample
MC 5855 bone sample
I.A9.28 6/27/79 LB + UD NS
MC 5132 shell sample
MC 5193 chert sample
MC 5425 bone sample
I.A9.35 6/28/79 EB, LB II NS
MC 5428 bone sample
MC 5288 chert sample
I.A9.96A 7/7/80 LB IIA
MC 11631 bone sample
MC 11632 lithic sample
I.A9.97 7/7/80 EB, LB NS
MC 11641 bone sample
MC 11643 lithic sample
I.A10.165 7/7/80 LB I
MC 11645 bone sample
I.A10.166 7/7/80 LB I
MC 11649 lithic sample
MC 11648 flint blade sample
MC 11650 bone sample
I.A10.167 7/8/80 LB
MC 11653 bone sample
I.A10.169 7/8/80 LB II
MC 11654 bone sample
MC 11656 shell sample
MC 11657 lithic sample
I.A10.170 7/8/80 EB, LB I
MC 11659 bone sample
MC 11690 shell sample
MC 11693 blade Obj. 661
MC 11694 lithic sample

A9004 Str VIII

Thick deposit of ash beneath platform material A9002 in the northwest corner
of the area. Located 5.0 m. from the North balk and 1.5 m. from the West balk
at top level 484.67 m., 485.07 m (W) below A9002, to 484.44 m., 484.38 m. above
A9008. Cut by pit/silo A9003; and the ash apparently served as a filler for
upper clay-loess platform A9002. Same as 10037.

Includes now A9006, which has been canceled.

See Sections North, West, South.

I.A9.16 6/25/79 EB, MB II, LB
MC 5071 charcoal discard
MC 5073 charred seed sample
MC 5093 flotation sample sample
MC 5118 lithic grinder? discard
I.A9.18 6/25/79 EB, LB II
MC 5086 lithic 5086, 5086A
MC 5089 bone sample
I.A9.20 6/26/79 EB, LB II NS
MC 5111 shell sample
I.A9.23 6/26/79 EB, LB II
MC 5116 ballista discard
I.A9.26 6/27/79 LB II + UDNS
MC 5100 kiln debris? discard
MC 5179 lithic sample
MC 5192 bone sample
I.A9.27 6/27/79 LB II + UDNS
MC 5122 charred olive pit sample
MC 5123 shell sample
MC 5177 shell sample
MC 5194 chert sample
MC 5430 bone sample
I.A9.33 6/28/79 EB, LB II
MC 5308 chert sample
MC 5423 bone sample
MC 5629 shell sample
MC 5616 limestone with two holes Obj. 409
I.A9.37 6/29/79 EB, LB NS
MC 5426 iron nodule discard
MC 5429 bone sample
I.A9.41 6/29/79 LB II UDNS
MC 5469 bone sample
I.A9/9.51 7/4/79 UDNS
MC 5557 shell sample
MC 5593 bone sample
MC 5600 blade sample
MC 5648 chert sample
I.A9/9.53 7/4/79 UDNS

A9005 Str. XA

Courtyard surface of lightly compacted earth, covered with tabun ash
and flat-lying pottery. Located between 1.07 m. and 4.55 m. from the
West balk and between 25 cm. and 4.0 m. from the North balk at top
levels 484.28 m. (NW), 484.07 m. (NE), 484.12 m. (SE) below A9001,
A9007, A9008, A9009 and above A9005.1. Tabun A9007 was constructed
on this surface; surface A9005 ran to the upper courses of wall A9014
and to walls A9010, A9011. On surface A9005 were found large quantities
of smashed Late Bronze pottery along with some bone and flint (A9005.P).
Tabun ash covered most of the surface.

See Sections East, South; Plan 104; Photo 459, 461, 518.

A9005.P Str. XA

Pottery and objects on surface A9005.

See Sections East, South; Plan 104; Photo 459.

I.A9.42 7/1/79 LB II
I.A9.43 7/1/79 LB II
MC 5446 shell sample
MC 5488 chert sample
MC 5571 bone sample
I.A9.44 7/1/79 LB II
MC 5574 bone sample
I.A9.46 7/1/79 LB II
MC 5449 shell sample
MC 8367 bone sample
MC 5456 chert sample

A9005.1 Str. XA

Debris of surface A9005, consisting of lightly compacted earth, silty
tabun ash, charcoal bits, pottery and bone. The surface material was
uneven with patches of heavily compacted brick material or clay with
ash concentrated near tabun A9007. For location and dimensions see
A9005 above. At top levels 484.07 m. (NE), 484.28 m. (NW), 484.12 m.
(SE) below L.A9005 to 483.93 m. (NE), 484.00 m. (E), 483.94 m. (SE)
above surface A90l2, wall (lower course) A9014, tabun A9013. This debris
ran to walls A9011, A9010, over the lower courses of wall A9014 and to
the upper courses of A9014.

I.A9.57 7/5/79 LB II
MC 5601 olive pit sample
MC 5630 chert sample
MC 5662 shell sample
MC 5706 bone sample
I.A9.58 7/5/79 LB II
MC 5709 bone sample
MC 5772 chert sample
I.A9.62 7/l8/79 LB II
MC 8085 bone sample
MC 8087 chert sample
MC 8044 shell sample
I.A9.63 7/18/79 LB IIA
MC 8042 bronze object Obj. 461
MC 8043 loom weight Obj. 477
MC 8046 shell sample
MC 8084 bone sample
MC 8373 chert sample
I.A9.65 7/19/79 LB IIA
MC 8077 shell sample
MC 8078 quartz 8078
MC 8081 chert sample
MC 8119 bone sample
I.A9.66 7/19/79 LB
MC 8369 chert sample
MC 8182 shell sample
MC 8072 bead Obj. 464
I.A9.67 7/19/79 LB IIA
MC 8185 shell sample
MC 8481 bone sample
MC 8487 chert sample
I.A9.68 7/20/79 LB II
MC 8164 part of stone palette discard
MC 8180 chert sample
MC 8196 shell sample
MC 8484 bone sample
I.A9.69 7/20/79 LB II UDNS
MC 8184 shell sample
MC 8372 chert sample
MC 8479 bone sample
I.A9.70 7/20/79 LB II NS
I.A9.71 7/20/79 no pottery
MC 8163 loom weight Obj. 460
I.A9.72 7/20/79 EB, LB II UDNS
MC 8169 quern frag. discard
MC 8174 chert sample
MC 8188 shell sample
I.A9.73 7/22/79 EB, LB II NS
MC 8230 chert sample
MC 8469 bone sample
I.A9.74 7/22/79 EB, LB I/II
MC 8480 bone sample
MC 8229 chert 8229, 8229A
MC 8233 shell sample
MC 8219 pumice? sample
MC 8216 flint blade Obj. 476
I.A9.75 7/22/79 LB I, II
MC 8370 chert sample
MC 9003 bone sample
I.A9.76 7/23/79 LB I UDNS
MC 8254 lithic discard
MC 8259 bone (fish) sample
MC 8268 chert sample
MC 8277 shell sample
MC 8323 bone (fish) sample
MC 8486 bone sample
I.A9.77 7/23/79 LB II
MC 8301 ballista frag discard
MC 8496 bone sample
I.A9.79 7/23/79 LB II
MC 8237 bone sample
MC 8274 chert sample
MC 8279 chert sample
MC 8489 shell sample
I.A9.80 7/23/79 LB II NS
MC 8269 shell sample
MC 8307 stone bowl frag discard
MC 8368 chert sample
MC 8474 bone sample
I.A9.81 7/23/79 LB II NS
MC 8263 shell sample
MC 8327 bone sample
I.A9.83 7/23/79 LB II
MC 8325 bone sample
I.A9.160 7/22/83 LB
MC 22090 Bone sample

A9006 Canceled; combined with A9004.

A9007 Str. XA

Tabun built on surface A9005. The tabun was constructed of
coils of clay, three layers thick at its final use, with
ceramic material used to strengthen the construction, finally
covered near its mouth with lime plaster. The tabun was
constructed on top of a circle of small cobble and pebble-sized
stones and tilted down to the east. A small opening in the
southeast side of the tabun probably served as a source of air
and as an entrance for additional fuel. Cooking was probably
done on top of the tabun; support for this interpretation may be
seen in the discovery of part of a large cooking platter north of
the tabun in ashes between walls A9010 and A9011.

The tabun was also built against the eastern face of wall
A9011 and against the southeastern corner of wall A9010,
effectively blocking any passage through the doorway between
these walls in this phase of their use. The ash within the
tabun contained broken pottery, bone, flint and one lithic
pounder or grinder. The thickness of the body of the tabun
(3 layers) suggests a series of rebuilds and strengthenings.

The tabun is located between 70 cm. and 1.57 m. from the North
balk and between 85 cm. and 1.75 m. from the West balk at top
levels 484.52 m., 484.49 m. below A9008 to founding level 484.01 m.
above A9005.

See Plan 104; Photo 459, 460, 461, 518.

I.A9.30 6/27/79 LB II
MC 5212 chert sample
MC 5281 bone sample
I.A9.31 6/28/79 LB II NS
MC 5225 flotation sample
MC 5226 flot. sample
I.A9.38 6/29/79 LB II
I.A9.40 6/29/79 LB II
MC 5402 pounder 5402, 5402A, 5402B
MC 5444 shell sample
MC 5492 chert sample
MC 5857 bone sample
I.A9.61 7/9/79 LB II
I.A9.64 7/18/79 LB II
I.A9.78 7/23/79 LB II
MC 8237 bone sample
MC 8279 chert sample
MC 8489 shell sample
I.A9.82 7/23/79 LB II

A9008 Str. VIII

Base for platform A9002, consisting of cobble-sized
stones and debris placed down to level low areas for
construction of A9002 above. This locus is 60-75% cobbles
mixed with ash and some pottery, bone, and chert. Located
5.0 m. from the North balk and 2.0 m. from the West balk
at top levels 484.64 m., 484.17 m. below A9004 to 484.21 m.,
483.97 m. above surface A9005, tabun A9007, ash A9009,
wall A9011, surface A9016. This locus was also cut by A9003.
Same as 9014.

See Sections South, West, North.

I.A9.32 6/28/79 EB, LB II
MC 5253 shell sample
MC 5278 lithic sample
MC 5280 chert sample
MC 5287 bone sample
I.A9.54 7/4/79 LB II
MC 5576 shell sample
MC 5604 ceramic mold Obj. 404
MC 5605 chert Obj. 405
I.A9.55 7/5/79 LB II
MC 5851 bone sample
MC 5606 shell sample
MC 5633 chert sample
I.A9.84 7/24/79 LB II
I.A9.85 7/24/79 LB II
I.A9.86 7/24/79 LB + UDNS
MC 8326 pounder discard
I.A9.89 7/25/79 LB
MC 8321 bronze needle Obj. 493

A9009 Str. XA

Ash accumulation between walls A9011 and A9010, associated with the repeated firing of tabun
A9007. Shows signs of repeated layering. Contained parts of large, flat cooking platters. Locate
approximately 1.05 m. from the North balk and between 54 cm. and 1.19 m. from the West balk at top
level 484.44 m. below A9008 to 483.64 m. above A9005. This locus is found against the eastern face
of wall A9011, against the western face of wall A9010 and against the northern face of tabun A9007.

See Section North; Plan 104; Photo 459, 460.

I.A9.36 6/28/79 LB II
MC 5307 chert sample
I.A9.39 6/29/79 LB II
MC 5303 ash sample for flotation
MC 5447 shell sample
MC 5460 bone sample
MC 5490 chert sample
I.A9.47 7/1/79 LB II
MC 8364 bone sample
MC 5442 shell sample
MC 5458 chert sample
I.A9.52 7/4/79 LB

A9010 Str. XABCD

Wall along North balk of area, cornering at its eastern and western
ends to join a wall in area B9. Constructed of two rows of boulder
sized fieldstones with a rubble core (94 cm. wide) and three to four
courses high (75 cm.) This wall was laid with mortar. Located between
ca. 3.10 m. and 5.0 m. from the South balk, between 4.0 m. and 4.7
m. from the South balk (at the East Balk line), and between
58 cm. and 4.50 m. from the West balk at top levels 484.61 m. (W),
484.26 m. (E) below A9001 and A9002 to founding levels 483.77 m. (E),
483.69 m. (c), 483.82 m. (W) above debris A9029. Surfaces B9017, B9014,
B9010 ran to the northern face of wall A9010. And a threshold
lay at the western end of this wall, leading into a room to
the north. Surfaces A9005 and A9012 run to its southern face; tabun
A9007 was built against its southwest corner; tabun A9013 (in an earlier
phase) was built against its southern face in the NE corner of the area.
Wall B9020 abuts wall A9010. Wall A9010 abutted wall B9021
from the west (in an earlier phase).

See Section North; Plans 171, 193, Photo 459, 461, 518, 524;
525, 552, 639, 655A, 655b, 721, 723, 724,
944, 1100.

1.A9.134 7/14/83 EB, LB I
MC 22109 Bone sample
MC 22110 Lithic sample
1.A9.138 7/19/83 LB
MC 22061 Bone sample
I.A9.236 7/03/86 LB
I.A9.237 7/03/86 EB III
I.A9.238 7/03/86 LB

A9011 Str. XABCD

Wall along West balk of area, joining wall A9017 in Area 9. In Area
A9 the wall was constructed of two rows of boulder sized field stones
with a rubble core, preserved from one to four courses high. The wall
served as sockle for upper bricks and appeared itself to have been laid
with mortar. This wall has gone through several phases of use and
possibly some rebuilding. In the A9/9 balk the wall was widened in its
final phase by the addition of some stones capped by bricks; the function
of this addition to the wall was to narrow the entrance through the wall
via steps 9020. This wall forms the eastern limit of a large room found
in Areas 9, 10, A9 and Al0; it is also the western limit of a courtyard
found in Areas 9 and A9.

Located 5.0 m. from the North balk, 65 cm. from the West balk (at the
North balk line) and between 1.14 m. and 1.91 m. from the West balk
(at the South balk line.) At top levels 484.91 m. (N), 484.37 m. (c),
484.19 m. (S) below A9003 and A9008 to founding levels to founding levels
483.81 m. (N), 483.68 m. (C) and 483.66 m. (S) above debris A9056.

Wall A9014 abutts wall A9011 from the west; surfaces A9005 and A9012
run to this wall from the west. Surface A9016 runs to its western face.
Tabun A9007 was built against its western face. Lower phase wall A9017
also abuts this wall from the west. Sump A9031 was built against the
east face of wall A9011. The continuation of wall A9011 in the A9/B9
balk was excavated as B9022. Wall A10018 abuts wall A9011 from
the west. Wall A9011 was at least 9.4 m. long.

In the lowest course of wall A9011 immediately South of its juncture
with wall A9052 there was apparently a threshold and doorway (A9051)
which had been blocked by the construction of the upper two courses
of the wall. Mudbrick mortar was used in the construction of the wall
with a concentration of the mortar in the northern end of the wall at
the intersection with wall A9052/A10018. Between 1.0 m.
and 2.0 m. from the South balk only the lower course of wall A9011
survived, the upper 2 courses perhaps having been robbed out by pit
A9003. Wall A9011 was offset slightly toward the East just south of
the juncture with wall A9052/A10018. Wall A9017 was clearly bonded
into wall A9011 from the East.

See Sections South, West, North; Plans 104, 136, 193.
Photo 459, 461, 518, 524, 526, 527, 623, 638, 639,
655A, 655b, 723, 724, 909, 944.

I.B9.161 7/07/86 EB III (B9022)
MC 40573 Flint Sample
I.A9.192 6/26/86 EB, EB III
MC 40034 Flint Sample
MC 40035 Bone Sample
MC 40036 Shell Sample
I.A9.202 6/27/86 LB
MC 40056 Flint Sample
MC 40057 Bone Sample
I.A9.208 6/30/86 EB III, LB
MC 40060 Bone Sample
MC 40061 Shell Sample
MC 40068 Flint Sample
I.A9.211 6/30/86 LB
MC 40064 Shell Sample
I.A9.248 7/07/86 EB III

A9012 Str. XB

Open courtyard surface of beaten earth, lightly compacted with areas of
high compaction. The surface is patchy, covered with ash in the northeast
corner and with broken pottery. The surface incorporated the top of a lower
phase wall A9017 as part of the walking area. Located 3.7 m. from the East
balk, between 23 cm. and 3.93 m. from the North balk at top levels 483.87 m.,
484.01 m. below A9005.1 and above A9012.1.

This surface runs to walls A9010, A9011, A9014 and to tabun A9013. It also
uses the top of wall A9017 as part of this surface. The surface was cut by
a shallow pit between 1.2 m. and 1.4 m. from the East balk and between 1.45 m.
and 1.68 m. from the North balk.

See Section East; Plan 136; Photo 524, 525, 552, 721.

A9012.P Str. XB

Pottery and objects on courtyard surface A9012. For dimensions see A9012 above.

Photo #524

I.A9.71 7/20/79 no pottery
I.A9.88 7/25/79 LB I/IIA
MC 8483 bone sample
MC 9045 teeth sample
I.A9.96 6/17/80 no pottery
MC 10134 fish vertebra Obj. 602

A9012.1 Str. XB

Debris of courtyard surface A9012. For dimensions see
A9012 above. Located 3.5 m. from the East balk to wall
A9011 and 1.5 m. from the North balk at top level 494.01 m.
below A9012 to 483.88 m. above A9017 and A9018.

This debris runs to tabun A9013 and to walls A9010, A9011 and A9010.

See Section East.

I.A9.91 7/25/79 EB, LB `
MC 8448 chert sample
MC 8455 bone sample
MC 8475 shell sample
I.A9.92 7/26/79 LB I
MC 8451 bone sample
MC 8457 shell sample
MC 8458 stone grinder Obj. 506
MC 8363 blade 8363, 8363A
I.A9.97 7/18/80 EB, LB
MC 12843 lithic sample
MC 12844 shell sample
MC 12846 soil sample
I.A9.98 7/18/80 EB, LB UDNS
MC 12845 lithic sample
MC 12864 pounder discard
MC 12876 bone sample
MC 12877 shell sample
MC 12878 lithic sample
I.A9.99 7/20/80 EB, LB UDNS
I.A9.100 7/21/80 EB, LB I
MC 12899 bone sample
I.A9.101 7/21/80 EB, LB I
MC 13405 bone sample
MC 13406 lithic sample
I.A9.102 7/22/80 EB, LB I
MC 13413 lithic sample
MC 13414 shell sample
MC 13415 bone sample
I.A9.103 7/22/80 MB IIC/LB I
MC 13416 ostrich shell sample
MC 13417 bone sample
MC 13418 lithic sample
I.A9.104 7/22/80 LB
MC 12378 bone sample
MC 12379 lithic sample
I.A9.108 6/27/83 LB IIA
MC 22001 Bone sample
MC 22002 Lithic sample
MC 22003 Charred Ceramic Discard
MC 22004 Tabun Frag Discard

A9013 Str. XB

Tabun located in Northeast corner of the Area against walls B9021 and
A9010, constructed of flat coils of clay, four layers thick
(evidence of strengthening and rebuild.) Set against its southern
face is a boulder-sized stone, probably as a heat reflector.
Preserved to a height of 27 cm., a width of 67 cm. along the East
balk. Located between 10 cm. and 77 cm. from the North balk and between
3.70 m. and 4.35 m. from the West balk at top levels 484.06 m. (N),
483.93 m. (S) below A9001 and A9005.1 to 483.83 m. inside. Surface A9012
runs to this tabun; it was constructed against the southern face of wall
A9010.

This tabun, constructed on surface A9012, was set in the corner of
two walls A9010 and B9021, in order to provide heat reflection. But
in addition a low row of stones was set around its exposed southern
side, again for additional heat reflection.

Debris and pottery from within the tabun have been included here;
this debris includes a fragment of a broken quern and a stone
pounder/grinder.

See Section East; Plan 136, 171; Photo 525, 721, 723, 724.

I.A9.95 7/30/79 LB UDNS
I.A9.105 7/23/80 LB I
I.A9.107 7/23/80 LB I UD NS
MC 12388 quern frag discard
MC 12389 pounder discard

A9014 Str. XAB

Wall along and in the South balk of the area. Constructed
of two rows of boulder-sized field stones with a rubble core.
The wall was apparently dry laid, preserved to a height of 49 cm.,
2.15 m. long, 65 cm. wide. Located between 3.37 m. and 4.65 m.
from the North balk and 2.1 m. from the East bath at top levels
483.96 m. (E), 484.33 m. (W) below A9001 and A9005.1 to founding
level 483.58 m. above wall A9017. Abuts wall A9011; abutted by wall
9017; surface A9012 runs to its lower course, surface A9005 to its
upper course and over its lower course. Surface 9018 also runs
to wall A9014.

Appears to be a rebuild of an earlier wall A9017.

See Sections South, East; Plan 104, 136; Photo 459, 524, 552, 655A, 723.

I.A9.130 7/14/83 LB
MC 22100 Bone sample
I.A9.131 7/14/83 LB
MC 22103 Bone sample
MC 22104 Lithic sample
I.A9.140 7/19/83 LB I, LB IIA

A9015 Str. XAB

Installation of a probable grain-grinding stone or mortar and its
base stone cut to fit the upper grinding stone or mortar. This
installation was found at the surface level of A9016, surrounded by
a cooking pot to the west and at least one small storage to the
north, all of the LB period. On the same surface 9021 in Area 9 were
found restoreable cooking pot, platter, bowl and other vessels.

The upper stone (grinding stone or mortar) is triangular in shape
(35 cm. (W), 42 cm. (N), 36 cm. (SE)) with a rounded, conical depression
drilled through it. The under side has also been deliberately chipped
in order to form the hole through the stone. This upper stone is
13 cm. thick and sets on a large flint core which has been cut to
hold the upper stone in place, presumably while grinding in it. An
opening between the stones on the south would have allowed the finely
ground material (flour?) to drop through and be scooped into the
waiting vessel.

The installation was located inside the entrance to this domestic
building, beside a low bench of stones which had been added to the
western face of wall L.A9011 and had been additionally covered with
clay mortar-or brick. The base stone sat on a lower surface 9027
and came to the top of surface A9016/9021; the upper stone with the
bored hole sat at an elevation slightly higher than surface A9016/9021.

It is likely, therefore, that the installation was used through two
phases of the occupation of this house; after a minor destruction on
surface 9027, resurfacing 9021/A9016 was put to the top of the base
stone of the installation.

Located between 4.72 m. and 5.09 m. from the North balk and between
25 cm. and 74 cm. from the West balk at top level 484.18 m. below
9019, 10045, and A9008 to 483.84 m. (seen in I.9 North section)
above surface 9027.

A round grinding stone of chert was found beside the Installation;
presumably the installation is for the grinding/processing of food.
Located just inside the entrance through Wall 9017, beside deep
basin in Surface 10042, surrounded by store jars and cooking pots.

A flotation sample of the debris within the cup depression in the top
stone of the installation was taken with the following results:

MC 8328--charcoal, no identifiable plant remains,

See Plan 136; Section 9North; Photo 524, 526, 527, 638, 639, 655A,
723, 724.

I.A9/9.87 7/24/79 no pottery
MC 8328 flotation sample sample

A9016 Str. XA

Surface (same as 10042) of beaten earth west of wall A9011 (same as
surface 9021.) Surface was covered with ash and fallen bricks (destruction
debris) and smashed restoreable vessels (in area A9 one large cooking pot
and at least one store jar.) Located 1.37 m. from the West balk and
between 3.30 m. and 5.0 m. from the North balk at top level 483.80 m.
below A9008 and above A9016.1.

This surface runs to the western face of wall A9011/9017 and to the
addition to wall A9011 added to close partially the threshold/steps 9020.
Installation A9015 is used with-this surface.

See Sections West, South; Plan 136; Photo 524

A9016.P Str. XA

Pottery and objects on surface A9016. For dimensions see A9016 above.

Photo 526, 527

I.A9/9.90 7/25/79 LB I/IIA
MC 8456 bone sample
MC 8453 chert 8453, 8453A
I.A9/9.93 7/27/79 LB I/IIA
I.A9/9.94 7/27/79 LB I/IIA

A9016.1 Str. XA

Debris of surface A9016, consisting of compacted earth. For
description and location see the A9016 above. Located ca. 1.12 m.
from the West balk and 2.0 m. from the South balk. At top level
483.81 m. below surface A9016 to bottom level 483.74 m. above
debris A9073 and pits A9057 and A9058. Runs to the West face of
wall A9011.

See Sections West, South.

I.A9.191 6/26/86 LB
MC 40029 Flint Sample
MC 40030 Bone Sample
MC 40031 Shell Sample
I.A9.193 6/26/86 MB IIC/LB I
MC 40032 Flint Sample
MC 40033 Bone Sample
I.A9.195 6/26/86 LB
MC 40038 Flint 40038, 40038A
MC 40039 Shell Sample

A9017 Str. XCD

Wall line constructed of uncut fieldstones. It is two rows
wide, 1.20 m. long and 68 cm. wide. Located 2.25 m. from the
East balk and between 32 cm. and 1.32 m. from the South balk
at top level 483.86 m. below A9005.1 and A9012.1 to founding
level 483.57 m. above debris A9038.

The top stones of the wall were used as cobbling of part of surface
A9012. Surface A9030 ran to the South face of wall A9017. Surfaces
A9018, and A9019/A9024 ran to its north face, as did ash A9034,
debris A9021. Sump A9031 was built up against A9017 at the corner
formed with A9011.

See Plan 136. Photo 524, 723, 724, 909, 930;
Section East.

I.A9.170 7/26/83 LB
MC 22116 Limestone Block Discard
I.A9.194 6/26/86 MB, LB I
MC 40037 Bone Sample
I.A9.198 6/27/86 EB III, LB
MC 40044 Bone Sample
MC 40045 shell Sample

A9018 Str. XC

Surface of lightly compacted soil. It was very uneven
and patchy, as if it had been eroded for some length of
time before having been covered by later builders.

The surface was located ca 3.0 m. from the East balk and 3.15 m.
from the North balk to wall A9017 at top level 483.74 m. 483.79 m.,
483.86 m. below A9012.1 and above A9018.1.

See Plan 136; Section East.

A9018.1 Str. XC

Debris of surface A9018. Below A9108 and above A9021. For location and
dimension see A9018 above.

I.A9.161 7/25/83 LB I
MC 22090 bone sample
I.A9.162 7/25/83 LB IA
MC 22091 worked stone Obj. 1056
MC 22093 bone sample
MC 22094 lithic sample

A9019 Str. XD

Surface of lightly compacted soil. Located 3 m. from the East balk
(at its widest point, to wall A9011) and 2.77 m. from the North balk
(at the East balk line, to wall A9017) at top level 483.64 m. below
debris A9021 and above debris A9019.1. Runs to walls A9010, A9011,
and A9017.

Includes A9024, A9025 which have been canceled.

See Section East; Plan 136; Photo 909

A9019.P Str. XD

Pottery on surface A9019.

I.A9.135 7/18/83 LB I
I.A9.137 7/18/83 LB I bichrome ware
I.A9.145 7/20/83 LB I
I.A9.157 7/21/83 LB I

A9019.1 Str. XD

Debris of surface A9019, consisting of lightly compacted soil,
silt-like soil and a few cobble-sized stones. For location and
dimensions see A9019 above. At top level 483.64 m. below surface
A9019 to bottom level 483.52 m. above surface A9041. Runs to walls
A9017, A9010, and A9011.

Includes A9024.1, which has been canceled.

I.A9.123 6/30/83 no pottery
MC 22039 Shell sample
I.A9.128 7/1/83 no pottery
MC 22052 Shell sample
MC 22053 Bone sample
MC 22054 Lithic sample
I.A9.132 7/14/83 EB, LB
MC 22101 Bone sample
MC 22102 Lithic sample
I.A9.133 7/14/83 EB, LB
MC 22105 Flint Blade Obj. 1010
MC 22106 Lithic sample
MC 22107 Bone sample
MC 22108 Shell sample
I.A9.142 7/20/83 EB, LB I
MC 22063 Bone sample
MC 22064 Lithic Obj. 998
I.A9.143 7/2O/83 LB I
MC 22065 Bone sample
MC 22066 Lithic sample
MC 22067 Shell sample
I.A9.144 7/20/83 LB I
I.A9.146 7/20/83 LB
MC 22068 Bone sample
I.A9.147 7/20/83 LB I

A9020 Str. XA

Bin, consisting of 1 row of stones 1 course high and 97 cm. in
length. Located between 3.3 m. and 4.27 m. from thr North balk
and between 20 cm. and 75 cm. At top level 483.91 m. below platform
base A9008 to founding level 483.83 m. A9020 rests on surface A9016
and runs parallel to wall A9011 with which it was used. No Pottery
was found in association with this line of stones.

See Plan 171; Section South; Photo 1100 (1986).

A9021 Str. pre XC

Fill for the preparation of surface A9018, consisting of compacted
grey-brown soil and silt, some ash, stones. Located 2.61 m. from the
North balk and 3.05 m. from the East balk at top level 483.83 m. (N),
483.74 m. (S) below debris A9018.1 to bottom level 483.64 m. above
surface A9019. Runs to walls A9017, A9011, A9010.

Includes A9023 and A9053 which have been canceled.

See Section East.

I.A9.109 6/27/83 LB II
MC 22005 Lithic sample
MC 22006 Bone sample
MC 22007 Shell sample
MC 22008 Charred Material Discard Burned Stone
I.A9.110 6/28/83 LB IIA
MC 22009 Shell sample
MC 22010 Bone sample
MC 22011 Lithic sample
I.A9.113 6/28/83 LB
MC 22015 Shell sample
MC 22016 Bone sample
MC 22017 Lithic sample
I.A9.114 6/28/83 EB, LB
MC 22021 Shell sample
MC 22022 Lithic sample
I.A9.115 6/29/83 LB
MC 22025 Shell sample
MC 22026 Lithic sample
MC 22027 Bone sample
MC 22028 Stone? Discard Basalt quern Fragment
I.A9.116 6/29/83 LB
MC 22023 Lithic sample
MC 22024 Shell sample
I.A9.117 6/29/83 NO POTTERY
MC 22029 Shell sample
MC 22030 Bone sample
MC 22031 Lithic sample
I.A9.118 6/29/83 LB IA
MC 22032 Sheli sample
MC 22033 Lithic sample
I.A9.119 6/29/83 NO POTTERY
MC 22034 Shell sample
MC 22035 Bone sample
MC 22036 Lithic sample
I.A9.120 6/30/83 LB I
MC 22037 Bone sample
MC 22040 Shell sample
MC 22041 Bone sample
MC 22042 Lithic sample
I.A9.121 6/30/83 EB, LB
I.A9.124 7/1/83 MB IIC, LB I
MC 22043 Shell sample
MC 22044 Bone sample
MC 22045 Lithic sample
I.A9.125 7/1/83 MB IIC, LB I
MC 22047 Shell sample
MC 22048 Bone sample
MC 22049 Lithic sample
I.A9.126 7/1/83 LB II
MC 22046 Bone sample
I.A9.127 7/1/83 LB II
MC 22050 Shell sample
MC 22051 Lithic sample
I.A9.129 7/1/83 EB, MB IIC, LB I
MC 22055 Shell sample
MC 22056 Bone sample
MC 22057 Lithic sample
I.A9.136 7/18/83 LB
I.A9 139 7/19/83 No Pottery
I.A9 168 7/26/83 LB
MC 22111 Quern Discard
MC 22112 Grinding Stone Discard
I.A9.207 6/30/86 EB, LB
MC 40067 Shell Sample

A9022 Str. pre XB

Debris in pit beneath tabun A9013. Located 9l cm. from the North
balk and 40 cm. from the East balk at top level 483.79 m. below tabun
A9013 to bottom level 483.48 m. above A9036. This pit was cut from
the level of surface A9012 and cuts through A9O18, debris A9021,
surface A9019. The pit was set against the southern face of wall
A9010 and appears to have had some function with tabun A9013 which
was built into its upper part.

Includes locus A9035, which has been canceled.

See Section East.

I.A9.111 6/28/83 EB, LB
MC 22012 Shell sample
MC 22013 Lithic sample
MC 22014 Bone sample
I.A9.112 6/28/83 EB, LB
MC 22018 Shell sample
MC 22019 Bone sample
MC 22020 Lithic sample
I.A9.152 7/21/83 EB, LB
MC 22080 Bone sample
MC 22081 Lithic sample
MC 22082 Shell sample
I.A9.153 7/21/83 EB, LB I
MC 22076 Lithic sample
I.A9.155 7/21/83 EB
MC 22083 Bone sample
MC 22084 Lithic sample
MC 22085 Shell sample
I.A9.164 7/25/83 EB, LB
MC 22097 Shell sample

A9023 Canceled; combined with A9021

A9024 Canceled; combined with A9019

A9024.P Canceled; combined with A9019.P

A9024.1 Canceled; combined with A9019.1

A9025 Canceled; combined with A9019

A9026 Str. XD

Small basin-like installation made of a clay mortar and
a small flat stone beside it in surface A9019. Located
between 11 cm. and 36 cm. from the east balk and between
51 cm. and 73 cm. from the North balk at top level 483.66
cm. below debris A9021 to 483.62 cm. above debris A9019.1.

Function of the installation is not known. The flat, elongated
stone on its eastern side may indicate some food preparation area.

I.A9.122 6/30/83 LB
MC 72038 Shell sample

A9027 Canceled; combined with A9021

A9028 Canceled; combined with A9021

A9029 Str. pre X

Foundation material below wall A9O10, consisting of pebbles
and cobbles pressed in a matrix of clay mortar. Located 2.75 m.
from the East balk and up to 90 cm. from the North balk at top
level 483.71 m. (W), 483.61 m. (C), 483.62 (E) below wall A9010 to
bottom levels 483.34 m. (W), 483.31 m. (C) and 483.22 m. (E) above
Fill A9073.

I.A9.240 7/03/86 EB III
MC 40125 Flint Sample
MC 40126 Bone Sample
I.A9.246 7/07/86 EB III, LB
MC 40134 Flint Sample
MC 40135 Bone Sample
MC 40136 Shell Sample
I.A9.292 7/14/86 EB III, LB

A9030 Str. XD

Surface of packed earth and brick-like material south of wall
A9017. Located 1.02 m. from the East balk and between 3.22 m.
and 5 m. from the North balk at top level 483.58 m. below wall
A9014 and above debris A9O30.1. Runs to the south face of wall
A9O17. A small lined pit A9037 was found sunk into surface A9030,
the pit probably having been used for holding store jars upright.

See Section East; Photo 909, 930.

A9030.P Str. XD

Pottery and objects found on surface A9O30. The surface was
obviously used for domestic activity, since grinding implements
were found. Note that the in situ objects included two small,
round grinding stones, probably for use with mortar A9032.

I.A9.141 7/19/83 LB
MC 22059 Wadi Pebble Discard
MC 22060 Soil Sample--Center of Mortar
I.A9.165 7/26/83 NO POTTERY
MC 22099 Grinding Stone Obj. 1066

A9030.1 Str. XD

Debris of surface A9030 consisting of compacted brick-like material,
ash, stones. For location and dimensions see A9030 above. At top level
483.58 m., 483.62 m. below surface A9030 to bottom level 483.47 m.
above A9O39. Runs to wall A9O17.

I.A9.166 7/26/83 LB I
MC 22113 Bone sample
MC 22114 Worked Stone Obj. 1067
I.A9.169 7/26/83 EB, LB
MC 22115 Lithic sample

A9031 Str. XD

Cobblestone installation in the corner of walls A9O17 and
A9011. The installation appears to have been a sump. Located
between 1.37 m. and 2.65 m. from the East balk and between 38
cm. and 1.95 m. from the South balk at top levels 483.80 (the
outermost stones) and 483.52 (the inner stones) below debris A9021 to
bottom level 482.10 m. above wall A9099.

The sump was filled with large cobblestones (10-20 cm. wide) with small
boulder sized stones (25-45 cm. wide) around the outside edges. The
stones were brittle and fractured easily, possibly indicating continued
exposure to moisture. Roughly circular in shape and approximately 1.30 m.
in diameter at the top decreasing to approximately 90 cm. at the bottom.

Pottery basket 265 taken from the lowest levels of sump A9031 contained
LB as well as EBII shards. Sump A9031 cuts through wall A9099, fill
A9073, into wall A9079 and appears to have cut through surface A9041
on the East side. Used with walls A9011, A9017 and surface A9019.
Debris A9074 is contained against its north side; debris A9073 on south side.

For the lowest reach of this sump see Photographs: 909, 1120, 1125, 1127,
1131, 1132, 1133 and 1156.

Now includes A9046 and A9060 which have been canceled.

I.A9.196 6/27/86 EB, LB I
MC 40040 Stone Door Socket Frag Photo 1224
MC 40041 Flint 40041, 40041A
MC 40042 Bone Sample
MC 40043 Shell Sample
I.A9.206 6/30/86 LB I
MC 40059 Bone Sample
I.A9.215 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40072 Flint Sample
MC 40073 Bone Sample
MC 40074 Shell Sample
I.A9.235 7/02/86 EB III
MC 40118 Flint Sample
I.A9.244 7/04/86 MB IIC/LB I
MC 40132 Bone Sample
I.A9.259 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40164 Flint Sample
MC 40165 Bone Sample
I.A9.265 7/09/86 EB, LB
MC 40175 Soil Sample
MC 40179 Soil Sample
MC 40180 Flint Sample
MC 40181 Bone Sample
MC 40182 Shell Sample
I.A9.291 7/14/86 EB III
MC 40244 Flint Sample
I.A9.319 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40311 Flint 40311, 40311A
MC 40312 Bone Sample
MC 40316 Soil Sample
MC 40317 Quern Sample

A9032 Str. XD

Large stone mortar set into surface A9030. Located between 1.30 m.
and 1.62 m. from the East balk and between 3.77 m. and 4.22 m.
from the North balk at top level 483.72 m. below wall A9014. The
mortar is a rectangular block of stone with a deep cone-shaped
depression caused by abrasion. Used with surface A9030.

A small lined pit A9037, which probably served as a jar-stand
was next to the mortar.

See Section South; Photo 909, 929, 930.

A9033 Canceled; combined with A9041

A9033.P Canceled; combined with A9041.P

A9033.1 Canceled; combined with A9041.1

A9034 Str. post XI

Layer of ash on surface A9041, perhaps to be associated with
the destruction of Stratum XI. Consists of grey and black ash
located between 1.55 m. and 2.55 m. from the South balk and
90 cm. from the East balk at top level 483.62 m. below A9019.1
to 483.44 m. above surface A9041.

See Section East.

I.A9.148 7/20/83 LB
MC 22069 Ash sample
MC 22070 Shell sample
I.A9.149 7/20/83 LB I BI-CHROME
MC 22071 Bone sample

A9035 Canceled; combined with A9022

A9036 Str. XD

Bin or stone lined pit in the northeast corner of the area.
Located between 2.75 m. and 4 m from the South balk and 85 cm.
from the East balk at top level 483.68 m. below debris/pit A9022.
The bin or pit consists of a double row of stones around the
circumference of a depression in surface A9019; the depression
or pit contained ashy soil and silt with inclusions of pottery
and a worked stone. Set into the corner formed by walls A9010 and B9021.

See Section East.

I.A9.154 7/21/83 LB I
MC 22075 Worked Rock Obj. 1039
MC 22077 Bone sample
MC 22078 Lithic sample
MC 22079 Shell sample
I.A9.156 7/21/83 LB I
MC 22086 Bone sample
MC 22087 Lithic sample

A9037 Str. XD

A shallow pottery and clay lined pit cut into surface A9030.
Located between 30 cm. and 55 cm. from the East balk and between
20 cm. and 45 cm. from the South balk at top level 483.59 m. below
wall A9014. {Not excavated below.) Used with surface A9030, possibly
as an installation for holding a store jar upright during removal
of its contents to be ground in the adjacent stone mortar A9032.
Two small grinding stones were found nearby on surface A9030.

See Photo 930, 944.

I.A9.167 7/26/83 EB

A9038 Str. pre X

Debris beneath wall A9017, consisting of coarse, compacted brown. Located
2.36 m. from the East balk and between 50 cm. and 1.35 m. from the South
balk at top level 483.57 m. below wall A9017 to bottom level 483.53 m. above
debris A9039 and fill A9073. It appears that it was mud mortar into which
wall A9017 was set.

I.A9.199 6/27/86 EB III, LB
MC 40046 Flint Sample
MC 40047 Shell Sample
I.A9.217 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40084 Flint Sample
MC 40085 Shell Sample

A9039 Str. pre X

Debris consisting of brown soil, brick detritus above surface A9041.
Located 90 cm. from the East balk and 1.75 m. from the South balk at
top level 483.57 m. below A9O38 and A9030.1 to 483.34 m. above surface
A9041. Fill for building of Stratum X. Includes now A9040.

See Section South, East.

I.A9.171 7/27/83 EB III
MC 22117 Lithic sample
MC 22118 Shell sample
I.A9.172 7/27/83 EB III
I.A9.173 7/27/83 EB, LB
MC 22119 Bone sample
MC 22120 Shell sample
I.A9.174 7/27/83 EB, LB
MC 22121 Lithic sample
MC 22122 Shell sample
MC 22123 Worked Stone Discard
I.A9.176 7/28/83 CHAL, EB
MC 22126 Lithic sample
I.A9.177 7/28/83 EB III
MC 22127 Lithic sample
MC 22128 Shell sample
I.A9.180 7/29/83 EB III
MC 22132 Lithic sample
I.A9.182 6/24/86 LB
MC 40001 Shell Sample
MC 40002 Flint Sample
MC 40003 Bone Sample
I.A9.185 6/25/86 EB III
MC 40007 Shell Sample
MC 40008 Drill Stone? Obj. 1284
MC 40009 Seed Sample
I.A9.186 6/25/86 EB III
MC 40019 Shell Sample
MC 40020 Bone Sample
I.A9.189 6/26/86 LB
MC 40025 Flint Sample
MC 40026 Bone Sample
MC 40027 Shell Sample
MC 40028 Faience Bead Obj. 1285
I.A9.190 6/26/86 LB I
MC 40022 Flint Sample
MC 40023 Bone Sample
MC 40024 Shell Sample
I.A9.228 7/2/86 No Pottery
MC 40107 Flint Sample
MC 40108 Shell Sample

A9040 Canceled; combined with A9039

A9041 Str. XIA1-2

Patchy surface located between 9O cm. and 1.50 m. from the East
balk and 2.70 m. from the South balk. At top levels 483.36 m.
(N), 483.42 m. (S) below fill debris A9039 and debris A9034 and
above debris A9041.1. Slopes slightly from North to South and
slopes down from the East. It appears to have been cut by sump
A9031 and the pitting associated with debris A9073. Bin A9036 was
used with surface A9031. No connection with walls was established.

Now includes A9047 which has been canceled.

See Section South, East.

A9041.P Str. XIA1-2

Pottery on surface A9O41.

I.A9.150 7/20/83 LB

A9041.1 Str. XIA1-2

Debris of surface A9041, consisting of gray brown silty soil.
For location and dimensions see A9041 above. At top levels
483.36 m. (N), 483.42 m. (S) below surface A9041 to bottom
levels 483.04 m. (N), 483.10 m. (S) above debris A9042. Now
includes A9047.1 which has been canceled.

See Section South, East.

I.A9.151 7/20/83 LB
MC 22072 Bone sample
MC 22073 Lithic sample
MC 22074 Shell sample
I.A9.163 7/25/83 EB, LB
MC 22095 Bone sample
MC 22096 Lithic sample
I.A9.175 7/28/83 EB III
MC 22124 Lithic sample
MC 22125 Shell sample
I.A9.233 7/02/86 EB III
MC 40114 Flint Sample
MC 40115 Shell Sample

A9042 Str. pre XIA

Bricky fill beneath surface A9041, consisting of brick
detritus, some small stones. Located 90 cm. from the East
balk and 2.70 m. from the South balk at top level 483.29 m.
below debris A9041.1 to 483.12 m. above possible surface
A9043. This debris may represent a fill or the collapse of
a brick wall.

See Section South, East.

I.A9.178 7/28/83 EB III
MC 22129 Shell sample
MC 22130 Iron Gergetite Discard
I.A9.179 7/29/83 EB III
MC 22131 Lithic sample

A9043 Str. XIB

Probable surface seen in section along the East balk. Seen at
483.15 m., 1.5 m. from the South balk and 90 cm. from the East
balk.

The 1986 excavation found no further evidence of this surface in
Area A9.

See Section South, East.

A9044 Str. XD

Debris inside bin A9036, consisting of fine gray soil with a few
pebbles. Located between 15 cm. and 80 cm. from the North balk
and 90 cm. from the East balk at top level 483.30 m. below
debris/pit A9022 to bottom level 483.05 m. above bottom of bin A9036.

(Basket 181 from the topmost level of this fill may be
contaminated from three seasons of exposure.)

I.A9.181 6/23/86 LB
MC 40021 Shell Sample
I.A9.183 6/24/86 EB IV, LB
MC 40004 Flint Sample
MC 40005 Bone Sample
MC 40006 Shell Sample
I.A9.184 6/25/86 LB I
MC 40010 Bone Sample
MC 40011 Shell Sample
I.A9.187 6/25/86 LB I
MC 40012 Flint Sample
MC 40013 Bone Sample
MC 40014 Shell Sample
MC 40015 Metal Pin? Sample
I.A9.188 6/25/86 LB I
MC 40016 Bone Sample
MC 40017 Shell Sample
MC 40018 Lithic Sample

A9045 Canceled; combined with A9039

A9046 Canceled; combined with A9031

A9047 Canceled; combined with A9041

A9047.1 Canceled; combined with A9041.1

A9048 Canceled; combined with A9038

A9049 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9050 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9051 Str. XD

Surface (threshold through wall A9011), consisting of ashy
soil with some mudbrick. The entryway itself was subsequently
blocked by the construction of the upper two courses of wall
A9011. Located between approximately 1.80 m. and 2.36 m. from
the South balk (at 50 cm. from the West balk) and between 2.0 m.
and 2.65 m. from the South balk (at 1.0 m. from the west balk)
and between 40 cm. and 1.07 m. from the West balk. At top level
483.80 m. below A9011 and above A9051.1.

A large stone set on the east side of the doorway served as the
threshold. The stone was irregularly shaped, 50 cm. long on the
long side (25 cm. on the shorter side) by about 20 cm. wide at
top level 483.92 m. to founding level 483.77 m.

A9051.P Str. XD

Pottery on threshhold/surface A9051.

I.A9.203 6/27/86 LB

A9051.1 St. XD

Debris of A9051, consisting of heavily compacted ashy soil.
For location and dimensions see A9051 above. At top level
483.75 m. below surface A9051 to bottom level 483.65 m. above
debris A9073.

I.A9.205 6/30/86 EB III
MC 40058 Shell Sample

A9052 Str. X

Continuation of wall A10018 from the West. Located between
2.30 m. and 3.20 m. from the South balk and 30 cm. from the
West balk. Wall A9052 is the eastern end of wall A10018. For
full description see the description for A10018. At top level
484.69 m. below debris A9008 to bottom level 483.81 m. above
fill A9054. Bonded with wall A9011 on the West.

See Section West.

I.A9.209 6/30/86 No Pottery

A9053 Canceled; combined with A9021

A9054 Str. pre X

Debris beneath wall A9052/10018 (in Area A10 this fill is
designated A10100). Located between 80 cm. and 1.70 m. from
the North balk and 30 cm. from the West balk. This fill was
apparently deposited in preparation for the construction of
wall A9052/A10018. For a full description see the locus summary
for A10100. At top level 484.21 m. below wall A9052 to bottom
level 483.91 m. above ash A9055.

I.A9.210 6/30/86 EB III, LB
MC 40062 Flint Sample
MC 40063 Bone Sample

A9055 Str. pre X

Patchy deposit of fine gray ash with some cobble inclusions
located directly beneath debris A9054. Located between 1.65
m. and 2.85 m. from the South balk and 20 cm. from the West
balk (at 1.65 m. from the South balk) and 35 cm. from the
West balk (at 2.85 m. from the South balk). At top level
483.91 m. below debris A9054 to bottom level 483.70 m. above
fill debris A9073. Removal of the A9/A10 balk revealed that
this thin deposit did not extend significantly into the
A9/A10 balk. A9055 appears to be a narrow but localized
ash debris on top of A9073.

See Section West.

I.A9.212 6/30/86 EB III, LB
MC 40065 Flint Sample
MC 40066 Bone Sample
I.A9.229 7/02/86 EB, MB, Iron I?
MC 40101 Flint Sample
MC 40102 Bone Sample
MC 40103 Shell Sample
MC 40104 Burnt Shell? Sample

A9056 Str. pre X

Debris beneath wall A9011, consisting of moderately compacted
reddish brown bricky soil and, at the northern end (1.50 m.
from the North balk) containing a high percentage of small
cobbles. Located 4.0 m. from the South balk and 50 cm. from
the West balk (at the North balk) and between 45 cm. and
1.08 m. from the West balk (at 2.0 m. from the South balk)
and between 1.15 m. and 1.83 m. from West balk (at the South
balk line). At top levels 483.81 m. (N), 483.77 m. (C), 483.68
m. (C) and 483.66 m. (S) below wall A9011 to bottom levels
483.60 m. (N) 483.60 m. (C) and 483.48 m. (S) above fill debris
A9073. Slopes to the North. An artificial locus of material
directly beneath wall A9011. This debris material is, however,
contiguous with and apparently part of the fill designated A9073.

See Sections North, South.

I.A9.213 6/30/86 EB III, LB
MC 40069 Flint Sample
MC 40070 Shell Sample
I.A9.214 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40071 Flint Sample
I.A9.216 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40075 Flint Sample
I.A9.222 7/01/86 EB III, MB II
MC 40086 Flint 40086, 40086A
MC 40087 Bone Sample
MC 40088 Shell Sample
I.A9.223 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40089 Flint Sample
MC 40090 Shell Sample
I.A9.224 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40093 Flint 40093, 40093A
MC 40094 Bone Sample
I.A9.226 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40096 Flint Sample
MC 40097 Shell Sample
I.A9.253 7/07/86 EB IV
MC 40148 Bone Sample

A9057 Str. pre XA

Pit in the Southwest corner of the area. Located 75 cm. from
the South balk and ca. 15 cm. from the West balk in A9. Only
the eastern edge of the pit which extends through the A10/A9 balk
is present in Area A9. For a fuller description see report for
Area A10. At top level 483.75 m. below surface A9016 to bottom
level 482.66 m. above debris A9097. Cuts through destruction
debris A9067, cobble A9075, surface A9077 and debris A9078.
Sealed by surface A9016.

See Section South, West; Photo 1133.

I.A9.218 7/01/86 LB I
MC 40078 Flint Sample
MC 40079 Bone Sample
I.A9.221 7/01/86 EB III, LB
MC 40091 Bone Sample
MC 40092 Shell Sample
I.A9.340 7/23/86 MB IIC, LB I
MC 40368 Wadi Pebble Sample

A9058 Str. pre XA

Pit extending into A9 from the West. Located 15 cm. from
West balk in A9 and between 90 cm. and 1.67 m. from the
South balk. At top level 483.71 m. below surface A9016 to
bottom level 483.20 m. above debris A9073.

See Section West; Photo 1133

I.A9.220 7/01/86 EB III, LB I
MC 40080 Spindle Whorl? Obj. 1289
MC 40081 Flint Sample
MC 40082 Bone Sample
MC 40083 Shell Sample

A9059 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9059.P Canceled; combined with A9073

A9059.1 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9060 Canceled; combined with A9031

A9061 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9062 Canceled;combined with A9073

A9063 Str. pre XD

Fill debris in doorway between walls A9010 and A9011. Contains
coarse, granular grey-brown soil and up to 60% cobbles.
Located between 25 cm. and 1.0 m. from the North balk and
between 85 cm. and 1.62 m. from the West balk. At top level
483.81 m. below debris/makeup A9012.1 to bottom level 483.43 m.
above debris A9073. Equivalent to debris A9019.1.

Includes A9064 and A9065 which have been canceled.

I.A9.243 7/04/86 EB III
MC 40127 Flint Discard
I.A9.245 7/07/86 EB III
MC 40133 Flint Sample
I.A9.251 7/07/86 EB III
MC 40149 Flint Sample
MC 40150 Bone Sample
MC 40151 Shell Sample

A9064 Canceled; combined with A9063

A9065 Canceled; combined with A9063

A9066 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9067 Str. post XI

Destruction debris consisting of ash and mudbrick detritus in
the Southwest corner of the area. Located 60 cm. from the West
balk and 50 cm. from the South balk. At top level 483.27 m. below
debris/fill A9073 to bottom level 483.06 m. above cobbles A9075.
It is cut on the west by pit A9057.

See Section South; Photo 1179

I.A9.249 7/07/86 EB III
MC 40140 Flint Sample
MC 40142 Shell Sample
MC 40143 Worked Bone bos, head of femur

A9068 Number not used

A9069 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9070 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9071 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9072 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9073 Str. pre X

Fill debris across the entire area, consisting of relatively
sterile granular reddish brown soil with ash laminations and
some mudbrick detritus, as well as randomly distributed localized
compactions, and some inclusions of cobble to boulder sized
field stones. This fill extends through the A9/B9 balk into area
B9 (as B9023), as well as into the A9/9 balk.

In area A9 located 5.0 m. from the South balk and 5.0 m. from the
East balk excepting the area of sump A9031.

At top levels 483.60 m. (NW), 483.31 m. (NE), 483.39 m. (WC), 483.34
m. (EC), and 483.80 m. (SW) below fill A9029, debris makeup A9019.1,
debris makeup A9051.1, debris makeup A9016.1, debris A9038, ash A9055,
debris A9056, surface A9042, pit A9022, and pit A9058 to bottom levels
482.96 m. (NW), 482.91 m. (NE), 482.76 m. (WC), 482.68 m. (EC), 482.75
m. (SE) and 482.30 m. (SC) and 483.50 m. (SW) above debris A9067, walls
A9080, A9090, A9092, A9081, A9079, and A9138, debris A9074, collapse
A9093, rockfall A9114, rockfall A9116, and surfaces A9091, A9098,
A9118, and A9141.

This locus is part of the same filling operation as the debris above
surface A9041. The preparation for the stratum X building involved
the filling of a large open area in Area A9, the result of Area A9
having been (probably) a drain in Strata 12 and 13. Sump A9031 cut
through this fill. Fill A9073 runs to the South side of sump A9060.
On the South it is contained by wall A9092 and, in part, A9090. It
is contained on the North by wall A9081 and on the West by wall A9082.

Includes A9049, A9050, A9056, A9059, A9059.P, A9059.1, A9061, A9062,
A9066, A9069, A9070, A9071, A9073 and A9083, which have been canceled.

See Sections North, South, West East; Photo 1179, 1133

I.A9.197 6/27/86 MB, LB
MC 40048 Bone Sample
MC 40049 Shell Sample
MC 40050 Seed Sample
I.A9.201 6/27/86 EB III, EB IV
MC 40053 Flint Sample
MC 40054 Bone Sample
MC 40055 Shell Sample
I.A9.219 7/01/86 EB III
MC 40076 Seed Sample
MC 40077 Flint Sample
I.A9.225 7/01/86 EB III, LB I
MC 40098 Flint Sample
MC 40099 Bone Sample
MC 40100 Shell Sample
MC 40122 Ostrich Shell Frag Sample
MC 40123 Bone Sample
I.A9.227 7/02/86 EB III
MC 40095 Shell Sample
I.A9.230 7/02/86 EB III
MC 40105 Wood Discard
MC 40106 Ochre Discard
MC 40109 Flint Sample
MC 40110 Bone Sample
MC 40111 Shell Sample
I.A9.231 7/02/86 EB III, LB
MC 40112 Flint Sample
MC 40113 Shell Sample
I.A9.232 7/02/86 EB I, EB III
MC 40119 Flint Sample
MC 40120 Bone Sample
MC 40121 Shell Sample
MC 40124 Plant Sample
I.A9.234 7/02/86 EB III
MC 40116 Flint Sample
MC 40117 Bone Sample
I.A9.239 7/03/86 EB III
I.A9.241 7/04/86 EB III
MC 40128 Shell Sample
MC 40129 Bone Sample
MC 40130 Flint Sample
I.A9.242 7/04/86 EB III, EB IV
MC 40131 Bone Sample
I.A9.247 7/07/86 EB III
MC 40137 Bone Sample
MC 40138 Shell Sample
MC 40139 Seed Sample
I.A9.250 7/07/86 EB III
MC 40144 Bone Sample
I.A9.252 7/07/86 EB III
MC 40145 Flint Sample
MC 40146 Bone Sample
MC 40147 Shell Sample
I.A9.254 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40152 Bone Sample
MC 40153 Seeds Sample
I.A9.255 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40154 Flint Sample
MC 40155 Bone Sample
MC 40156 Shell Sample
I.A9.256 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40157 Bone Sample
MC 40158 Shell Sample
I.A9.257 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40159 Bone Sample
MC 40160 Shell Sample
I.A9.258 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40161 Flint Sample
MC 40162 Bone Sample
MC 40163 Shell Sample
I.A9.260 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40166 Bone Sample
MC 40167 Shell Sample
I.A9.261 7/08/86 EB III
MC 40168 Flint Sample
MC 40169 Bone Sample
MC 40170 Shell Sample
MC 40171 Bitumen Sample
I.A9.262 7/09/86 EB III
MC 40176 Flint Sample
MC 40177 Bone Sample
MC 40178 Shell Sample
I.A9.263 7/09/86 EB III
MC 40172 Flint Sample
MC 40173 Bone Sample
MC 40174 Shell Sample
MC 40219 Incised Sherd Obj. 1298
I.A9.264 7/09/86 EB III
MC 40183 Flint Sample
MC 40184 Bone Sample
MC 40185 Shell Sample
MC 40186 Flint blade 40186, 40186A
I.A9.266 7/09/86 EB III
MC 40187 Flint Sample
MC 40188 Bone Sample
MC 40189 Shell Sample
I.A9.267 7/09/86 EB I-III
MC 40190 Flint Sample
MC 40191 Bone Sample
MC 40192 Shell Sample
I.A9.268 7/10/86 EB III
MC 40198 Flint Sample
MC 40199 Bone Sample
MC 40200 Shell Sample
I.A9.270 7/10/86 EB III
MC 40195 Flint Sample
MC 40196 Bone Sample
MC 40197 Shell Sample
MC 40220 Incised Sherd Obj. 1299
I.A9.271 7/10/86 EB III
MC 40204 Flint Sample
MC 40205 Bone Sample
MC 40206 Shell Sample
I.A9.276 7/11/86 EB I, EB III
MC 40212 Grinding Stone Sample
MC 40213 Flint Sample
MC 40214 Bone Sample
MC 40215 Shell Sample
I.A9.278 7/11/86 EB III
MC 40216 Bone Sample
I.A9.279 7/11/86 EB III
MC 40217 Flint Sample
MC 40218 Bone Sample
I.A9.280 7/11/86 EB III
MC 40221 Bone Sample
I.A9.284 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40230 Flint Sample
MC 40231 Bone Sample
I.A9.289 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40239 Flint Sample
MC 40381 Worked Bone Obj. 1392
I.A9.293 7/14/86 CHALCO, EB III, LB I
MC 40246 Flint Sample
MC 40247 Bone Sample
MC 40248 Shell Sample
I.A9.294 7/14/86 EB III, EB IV
MC 40245 Spindle Whorl Obj. 1372
MC 40249 Flint Sample
MC 40250 Bone Sample
MC 40251 Shell Sample
I.A9.295 7/14/86 EB III
MC 40255 Flint Sample
MC 40256 Bone Sample
MC 40257 Shell Sample
I.A9.297 7/15/86 EB III
MC 40253 Flint Sample
MC 40254 Bone Sample
I.A9.300 7/15/86 EB III
MC 40270 Flint Sample
MC 40271 Bone Sample
I.A9.302 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40273 Flint Sample
MC 40274 Bone Sample
I.A9.307 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40285 Flint Sample
MC 40286 Bone Sample
I.A9.313 7/20/86 EB III
MC 40295 Flint Sample
MC 40296 Bone Sample
I.A9.314 7/20/86 EB III
MC 40293 Bone Sample
MC 40294 Seed Sample
I.A9.339 7/23/86 EB III
MC 40359 Flint Sample
MC 40360 Bone Sample
I.A9.380 6/20/87 EB III
I.A9.381 6/23/87 EB III
MC 50003 Flint Sample
MC 50004 Bone sample
MC 50007 Shell Sample
MC 50122 Ceramic Animal Figurine Obj. 1466
I.A9.382 6/23/87 EB III
MC 50005 Flint Sample
MC 50006 Bone sample
MC 50008 Shell Sample
I.A9.383 6/24/87 EB III
MC 50009 Bone sample
MC 50010 Shell Sample
MC 50011 Flint 50011, 50011A
I.A9.384 6/24/87 EB III
MC 50012 Bone sample
MC 50013 Shell Sample
MC 50014 Flint Sample
I.A9.385 6/25/87 EB III
MC 50019 Bone sample
MC 50020 Shell Sample
MC 50021 Flint Sample
MC 50025 Charcoal Sample
I.A9.387 6/25/87 EB I (one sherd), EB III
MC 50022 Bone sample
MC 50023 Shell Sample
MC 50024 Flint Sample
MC 50026 Seed Sample
MC 50027 Mudbrick Sample
MC 50340 Ceramic Ornament Obj. 1633 bead
I.A9.389 6/25/87 EB III
MC 50037 Bone sample
MC 50038 Shell Sample
MC 50039 Flint Sample
I.A9.390 6/25/87 EB III
MC 50030 Plant Sample
MC 50040 Flint Sample
MC 50041 Bone sample
I.A9.394 6/26/87 EB III
MC 50050 Bone sample
MC 50051 Shell Sample
MC 50052 Flint 50052, 50052A
MC 50055 Plant Sample
MC 50126 Grinding Stone Obj. 1499
MC 50200 Olive Pit Sample
I.A9.397 6/26/87 EB III
MC 50064 Shell Sample
MC 50065 Flint Sample
MC 50068 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50069 Plant Sample
I.A9.400 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50076 Bone sample
MC 50077 Shell Sample
MC 50078 Flint Sample
I.A9.445 7/12/87 No Pottery
MC 50236 Bronze Awl/Chisel Obj. 1546
MC 50237 Shell Sample

A9074 Str. post XII

Collapsed debris with cobble stones and ash lenses between walls
A9081, A9082, A9079 and A9080. Located 3.80 m. from the East balk
and between 90 cm. and 2.15 m. from the North balk (at 3.75 m.
from the East balk) and 1.25 m. from the North balk (at 3.75 m.
from the East balk).

At top levels 482.96 m. (NW), 482.91 m. (NE), 482.76 m. (SW) and
482.68 m. (SE) below debris fill A9073 to bottom levels 482.08 m.
(NW), 482.29 m. (NE), 482.02 m. (SW) and 482.31 m. (SE) above
mudbrick collapse A9088. This fill should perhaps be included with
destruction debris A9088. However, A9088 contains significantly
greater quantities of mud brick detritus. Locus A9074 appears to
be destruction debris and wall collapse onto and into debris A9088.
Contained on the North by Wall A9081, on the West by wall A9082
and on the South by wall A9079, wall A9080 and sump A9060.

See Sections East

I.A9.269 7/10/86 EB III
MC 40193 Flint Sample
MC 40194 Bone Sample
I.A9.272 7/10/86 EB III, EB IV
MC 40201 Flint Sample
MC 40202 Bone Sample
MC 40203 Shell Sample
I.A9.281 7/11/86 EB III
MC 40223 Flint Sample
MC 40224 Shell Sample
I.A9.282 7/13/86 CHALCO, EB I, EB III
MC 40225 Flint Sample
MC 40226 Bone Sample
MC 40227 Shell Sample
I.A9.283 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40228 Bone Sample
MC 40229 Shell Sample
I.A9.285 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40232 Polished Stone 40232, 40232A, 40232B, 40232C
I.A9.288 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40236 Flint Sample
MC 40237 Bone Sample
MC 40238 Shell Sample
I.A9.290 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40241 Flint Sample
MC 40242 Bone Sample
MC 40243 Shell Sample
I.A9.296 7/15/86 EB III
MC 40252 Flint Blade Sample
MC 40258 Flint Sample
MC 40259 Bone Sample
MC 40260 Shell Sample
I.A9.298 7/15/86 EB III
MC 40267 Flint Sample
MC 40268 Bone Sample
MC 40269 Shell Sample
I.A9.299 7/15/86 EB III
MC 40261 Flint Sample
MC 40262 Bone Sample
MC 40264 Flint Blade 40264, 40264A
MC 40265 Flint blade 40265, 40265A
MC 40266 Flint Blade 40266, 40266A
I.A9.301 7/15/86
MC 40272 Flint Sample
I.A9.303 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40275 Flint Sample
I.A9.305 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40282 Bone Sample
I.A9.328 7/22/86 EB III
MC 40342 Flint Sample

A9075 Str. post XII

Cobbles or collapse consisting of a dense concentration of cobble
sized field stones in ashy soil in the Southwest corner of the area.
Located 50 cm. from the South balk and 80 cm. from the West balk.

At top level 483.11 m. below destruction debris A9067 to bottom level
483.00 m. above plaster surface A9077. Cut on the West by pit A9057.

See Section South

I.A9.274 7/11/86 EB III
MC 40207 Flint Sample
MC 40208 Bone Sample
MC 40209 Grinding Stone Sample

A9076 Str. post XII

Pit extending into the Southeast corner of the area from the South
and in the East balk. Located between 3.00 m. and 4.40 m. from the
West balk and 50 cm. from the South balk. At top level 483.64 m. below
fill A9042 to bottom level 482.64 m. above wall A9090 and fill A9104.

See Section South, East.

I.A9.273 7/11/86 EB
I.A9.312 7/20/86 EB III
MC 40287 Flint Sample
MC 40288 Bone Sample
MC 40289 Seed Sample
I.A9.379 6/20/87 EB III
MC 50001 Flint Sample
MC 50002 Bone sample

A9077 Str. XIIA

Patch of plaster surface in the Southwest corner of the area.
Located between 10 cm. and 60 cm. from the West balk and 57 cm.
from the South balk. At top level 483.0 m. below cobble A9075.
Surface A9077 did not extend to any wall. It is cut by pit A9058
on the West.

See Section South; Photo 1179.

A9077.1 Str. XIIA

Debris of surface A9077. See A9077 above for location. At top
level 483.0 m. below surface A9077 to bottom level 482.95 m. above
destruction debris A9078. The surface consists of crushed limestone
plaster varying in thickness from 1 cm. around the edges to 5 cm.
for most of the surface.

Includes A9141.1, which has been canceled.

See Section South; Photo 1179.

I.A9.275 7/11/86 EB III
I.A9.477 7/24/87 EB III
MC 50356 Shell Sample
MC 50357 Flint Sample
I.A9.485 7/30/87 EB III
MC 50400 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50407 Flint 50407, 50407A
MC 50408 Bone sample

A9078 Str. post XIIB/pre XIIA

Destruction debris beneath surface makeup A9077.1, consisting
of ash, mudbrick detritus and collapsed burnt mudbrick. Located
57 cm. from the South balk and between 15 cm. and 67 cm. from the
West balk. At top level 482.95 m. below surface make up/debris
A9077.1 to 482.76 m. above debris A9097. Cut by pit A9057.

See Section South; Photo 1179.

I.A9.277 7/11/86 EB III
MC 40210 Flint Sample
MC 40211 Flint Blade Obj. 1395

A9079 Str. XIIA

Small cobblestone wall with rubble core abutting wall A9082.
Located between 2.30 m. and 3.60 m. from the East balk and
between 1.25 m. and 1.75 m. from the North balk (at 50 cm. from
the West balk) and between 1.75 m. and 2.43 m. from the North
balk (at 1.50 m. from the West Balk). At top levels 483.09 m.
(West end) and 482.59 m. East end) below debris A9073 to
founding level 482.20 m. (E), 482.15 m. (C) and 482.10 m. (W)
above wall A9099.

Wall A9079 was built above wall A9099 and may have been an attempt
to rebuild wall A9099. It is five courses high and two rows wide
except for the final course which is only 1 row wide. It is 1.56 m.
long, 57 cm. wide with a preserved height of 1.01 m. on the West and
40 cm. on the East end. Surface A9091 ran to the lowest course of
wall A9079 on the North. On the West it abuts wall A9082. It was cut
by sump A9031. Wall A9079 could not be traced East of Sump A9031.
Debris A9074 and destruction debris A9088 is contained against the
north face of wall A9079.

See Photo 1120, 1125, 1127, 1131, 1132,
1133.

I.A9.286 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40222 Bone Sample
I.A9.342 7/23/86 EB III
MC 40363 Bone Sample
MC 40364 Flint Sample
MC 40365 Shell Sample
I.A9.352 7/28/86 EB III
MC 40394 Bone Sample
MC 40395 Stone Bead Obj. 1396
I.A9.354 7/28/86 EB III
MC 40396 Flint Sample

A9080 Str. XIIA

A large wall extending into the area from the East balk and
running toward the Southwest. Located between 1.20 m. and 1.87
m. from the South balk (at the East balk line) and between 55
cm. and 1.32 m. from the South balk (at 1.50 m. from the East
balk) and between 2.08 m. and 4.52 m. from the West balk .

At top levels 482.95 m. (E), 482.84 m. (C) and 482.80 m. (W)
below debris A9073 to founding levels 482.54 m. (E), 482.51 m.
(C) and 482.50 m. (W) above surface A9091, debris A9094.

It is two rows wide, and 2 courses high on the east end (to about
60 cm. from the East balk) and 1 course high on the West end.
It is 1.92 m. long, 80 cm. wide and preserved to a height of 40
cm. on the East and 30 cm. on the West. It is constructed of
untreated boulder sized fieldstone laid with mortar. There is no
evidence of a foundation trench, but debris A9094 seems to have
been laid down as a foundation beneath a part of the wall.

One of the stones used in constructing the wall contained a series of
abrasion marks suggesting that it had been used as a sharpening tool.

Wall A9080 was built on surface A9091 along the east; hence, Surface
A9091 was used with wall A9080. Wall A9080 was constructed as a
buttress to already existing wall A9090. Debris A9074 and destruction
debris A9088 were contained against its north side. Wall A9090 is
adjacent to and parallel to A9080 on the south.

See Section East; Photos 1119, 1120, 1125, 1131, and 1132,
1133; Plan 605

I.A9.317 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40304 Bone Sample
MC 40305 Seed Sample
MC 40325 Incised Stone/Whetstone Photo 1226

A9081 Str. XI-XIIAB

Wall along and in the North balk. Located between 90 cm. and 5.0 m.
from the West balk and between 2.90 m. and 3.50 m. from the South
balk (at the East balk line) and between 4.00 m. and 4.57 m. from
the South balk (at 3.0 m. from the East balk).

At top levels 482.93 m. (E), 483.17 m. (C) and 483.18 m. (W) below
fill A9073 to founding levels 481.99 m. (C), 482.14 m. (W) above
debris A9124, surface A9100 and wall A9082C.

Constructed of fieldstone with mud mortar, 2 rows wide (65 cm.),
and 3 to 8 courses high (57 cm. on the East end to approximately
1.0 m. on the West end). The east portion of the wall (to the
corner with wall A9085/B9030 at ca. 52 cm. from the East balk)
is apparently a later rebuild.

Surfaces A9087, A9105 and A9118 run to the north face of wall A9081.
Surfaces A9091 and A9100 run to the South face of wall A9081. Abuts
wall A9082AB in the North balk. Rockfall A9114 runs along its South face.
Wall A9081 functions as the South wall of a room formed by walls B9036,
B9059 and B9030. It abuts wall A9082 with the upper courses lapping
up over A9082. Wall A9085 is bonded into Wall A9081 forming a corner
at its East end. Surface A9108 runs to (beneath?) wall A9081 from the
North. Debris A9074 is contained against its south face. Destruction
debris A9088 runs to its south face.

See Section North, East; Plan 507; Photo 1120, 1124A, 1127, 1129, 1131,
1132, 1133, 1156, 1178, 1263, 1264, B9059.

I.A9.436 7/8/87 EB III
MC 50195 Bone sample
MC 50196 Shell Sample
MC 50197 Flint 50197-1, 50197-1A
50197-2, 50197-2A
I.A9.437 7/9/87 EB III
MC 50201 Bone sample
MC 50202 Shell Sample
MC 50203 Flint 50203, 50203A
MC 50210 Stone Scraper Sample
MC 50211 Bone Obj. 1735
MC 50212 Bitumen Sample
I.A9.438 7/9/87 EB III
MC 50204 Bone sample
MC 50205 Shell Sample
MC 50206 Flint Sample
MC 50257 Stone Mortar Sample
I.A9.447 7/12/87 EB III
MC 50238 Bone sample
MC 50239 Shell Sample
MC 50240 Flint Sample
MC 50241 Ballista Sample
MC 50242 Soil Sample
MC 50243 Olive Pit Sample

A9082A-C Str. XII

Wall running along and in the West balk in the Northern half
of the area extending through the North balk into B9 (where it
is designated B9036). In area A9 located between 2.12 m. and
5.00 m. from the South balk and 75 cm. from the West balk at the
North balk line) and 40 cm. from the West balk (at 1.25 m. from
the North balk).

At top levels 483.47 m. (S), 483.35 m. (C), 483.14 m. (N) below
debris A9073. The preserved length in A9 including the A9/B9 balk
is 2.88 m. It is 70 cm. wide with an exposed height of 1.55 m.
at the South end and 75 cm. at the North end. For a fuller
description see the locus summary report for B9036.

Surfaces A9087, A9091, A9105 and A9108 run to the East face of Wall
A9082. South of the corner with wall A9081 which abuts wall A9082
from the East, the uppermost course is recessed one row creating
a bench over which wall A9081 laps. This effect appears to be the
result of rebuilding in wall A9082, possibly in preparation for the
erection of the uppermost phase of wall A9081. Debris A9074 and
destruction debris A9088 is contained against the east face of wall
A9082.

Includes A9086 which has been canceled.

See Sections West, North; Photos 1120, 1127,
1133, 1156, 1178, 1263, 1264.

A9082A Str. XIIBC

A rebuild or addition on top of wall A9082B. Located 1.95 m.
from the North balk and 75 cm. from the West balk at the North
balk line and 25 cm. from the West balk at 1.95 m. from the North
balk. At top levels 483.47 m. (S), 483.35 m. (C) and 483.14 m. (N)
below debris fill B9072 to founding level 482.67 m. above wall
A9082B.

This upper rebuild of wall A9082 was 2 to 3 courses high
(approximately 48 cm.) and founded in a heavy mortar which
provides clear evidence that the uppermost courses were a
later addition or rebuild. The top course is 2 rows wide
(approximately 43cm.).

Wall A9082 apparently underwent at least three rebuild phases
of which this is the final. The average height of the
preserved portion of this rebuild is 48 cm.

Wall A9082A is abutted by wall A9081 in the North balk.
Surface A9091 runs to wall A9082A.

See Section North; West; Plan A9 Stratum XIIC, A9 Stratum XIIC2

I.A9.441 7/10/87 EB III
MC 50219 Bone sample
MC 50220 Shell Sample
MC 50221 Flint Sample
MC 50225 Fan Scraper Obj. 1545
I.A9.446 7/12/87 EB III
MC 50246 Shell Sample
MC 50247 Flint Sample
I.A9.468 7/22/87 EB III
MC 50333 Bone sample
MC 50334 Shell Sample
MC 50335 Flint Sample
MC 50336 Olive Pit Sample

A9082B Str. XIIAB

An earlier phase of wall A9082, evidenced by differences in
construction style. For location and dimensions see A9082A
above. At top level 482.67 m. below wall A9082A to founding
level 482.09 m. above wall A9082C.

This phase is drylaid, 3-4 courses high ,and 3 rows wide
constructed with a rubble core. It is approximately 60 cm.
wide and 65 cm. high.

Wall A9082B is abutted by wall A9081 and by walls A9092 and
A9099. Surface A9100 ran to the east face of wall A9082B.

See Section North; West.

I.A9.452 7/15/87 EB III
MC 50272 Bone sample
MC 50273 Shell Sample
MC 50274 Flint 50274, 50274A
MC 50275 Olive pit Sample
I.A9.453 7/15/87 No Pottery
MC 50283 Stone Discard

A9082C Str. XIIIA-D

Earliest phase of wall A9082. For dimensions and location
see A9082A above. At top level 482.09 m. below A9082B. Not
removed in 1987. This phase is 3 courses high and constructed
with a rubble core.

Fill A10110 and surfaces A9103, A9122, A9135, A9137 run to
the East face of wall A9082C. The uppermost course of Wall
A9082C extends a few centimeters east from the line of the
East face of wall A9082B. Wall A9081 is above this easternmost
edge of wall A9082C. Wall A9082C is abutted by wall A9129.
Debris A9139 runs to the East face of wall A9082C.

See Section North; West, Photo 1364;
Plan A9 Stratum XIIIA

A9083 Canceled; combined with A9073

A9084 Str. XIA

Wall (same as B9025), the continuation of Wall B9025 into the
B9/A9 balk. For description and location see the locus summary
for B9025.

The foundation material for wall A9084 (A9089) was placed directly
on the earlier surface, A9087, creating a division of the area
enclosed by the walls of the earlier Stratum 12 room in Area B9 and
the B9/A9 balk. Used with surface A9087.

I.A9.308 7/16/86 EB III

Photo 1124, 1124A.

A9085 Str. XI-XIIA

Continuation of Wall B9030 into the B9/A9 Balk. For a fuller
description see the locus summary for Wall B9030. In A9 located
between 52 cm. and 1.05 m. from the East balk and between 3.90 m.
and 5.0 m. from the South balk. At top level 483.02 m. below fill
debris B9023.

Four courses are exposed on the West side and 3 courses are exposed
on the East side. It is 2 rows wide. Exposed length in A9/B9 is 1.20
m. and exposed width is 55 cm. Surfaces A9087 and A9105 run to the
West face of wall A9085. It is bonded into wall A9081.

See Section North.

A9086 Canceled; combined with A9082

A9087 Str. XIAB

Surface (same as B9029) in the A9/B9 balk. For full description
and dimensions see the Locus Summary for B9029. Located between
1.05 m. and 2.12 m. from the East balk and between 4.57 m. and 5.0
m. from the South balk (at the juncture of walls A9082 and A9081)
and between 4.25 m. and 5.0 m. from the South balk at the juncture
between walls A9081 and A9085). Runs to walls A9081, A9082, A9085.

At top levels 482.88 m. (N), 482.86 m. (S) below debris fill B9023)
and above debris A9087.1.

See Photo 1124A.

A9087.P Str. XIAB

Pottery and other materials on surface A9087.

I.A9.310 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40279 Bone Sample
MC 40280 Shell Sample

A9087.1 Str. XIAB

Debris of surface A9087, the continuation of debris B9029.1 into
the A9/B9 balk. For location and dimensions see A9087 above. For
full description see locus summary for B9029.1.

At top levels 482.95 m. (W). 482.89 m. (C) and 482.85 m. (E) below
surface A9087 to bottom levels 482.84 m. (W), 482.82 m. (C) 482.76 m.
(E) above debris A9095. Runs to walls A9082 on the West, A9081 on
the South and A9085 on the East.

I.A9.322 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40318 Bone Sample
MC 40319 Flint Sample
MC 40367 Potter's mark Obj. 1391

A9088 Str. post XII

Destruction debris between walls A9081 and A9080. Located
3.80 m. from the East balk and between 90 cm. and 2.15 m. from
the North balk (at the East balk) and 1.75 m. from the North balk
(at 3.75 m. from the East balk). At top levels 482.08 m. (NW),
482.29 m. (NE), 482.02 m. (SW) and 482.31 m. (SE) below debris
collapse A9074 to bottom levels 481.94 m. (NW), 481.86 m. (SW),
482.08 m. (C), 482.18 m. (NE) and 482.23 m. (SE) above surface A9091
and bin A9102.

Consists of mudbrick detritus with random ash and cobble. Appears to be
destruction material resulting from the collapse/destruction of
structures in use with surface A9091. Not clearly distinguished from
debris fill A9074 except for the higher concentration of cobble and
boulders which appear to be the collapse of the upper courses of wall
A9081. Bounded on the north by wall A9081, on the south by walls A9079,
A9080 and sump A9060 and on the West by wall A9082.

See Section East.

I.A9.304 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40281 Flint Sample
I.A9.306 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40283 Flint Sample
MC 40284 Bone Sample
I.A9.311 7/20/86 EB III
MC 40290 Flint Sample
MC 40291 Bone Sample
MC 40292 Shell Sample
I.A9.315 7/20/86 EB III
MC 40297 Flint Sample
MC 40298 Bone Sample
MC 40299 Shell Sample
MC 40300 Flint Blade 40300, 40300A
I.A9.316 720/86 EB III
MC 40301 Bone Sample
MC 40302 Shell Sample
MC 40303 Flint Sample
I.A9.320 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40306 Flint Sample
MC 40307 Bone Sample
MC 40308 Flint Blade 40308, 40308A
MC 40309 Flint Blade 40309, 40309A
MC 40310 Metal Fragment Sample

A9089 Str. pre XI

Reddish-brown mudbricky foundation material for wall A9084.
Located between 4.10 m. and 5.0 m. from the South balk and
between 1.07 m. and 1.72 m. from the East balk. At top levels
482.99 m. (N) and 483.08 m. (S) below wall A9084 to bottom levels
482.88 m. (N) and 482.86 m. (S) above surface A9087. Slopes
slightly to the North. The nearly sterile matrix is highly
compacted, containing a few random cobbles and and small
quantities of pottery, flint, bone and shell.

This foundation material was placed directly on surface A9087,
thus the construction of wall A9084/B9025 and its associated
foundation material radically altered the space within the walls
of the pre-existing room while continuing to utilize surface
A9087/B9029.

See Section B9 South

I.A9.309 7/16/86 EB III
MC 40276 Flint Sample
MC 40277 Bone Sample
MC 40278 Shell Sample

A9090 Str. XIIABC

Wall in the Southeast corner of the area. Located between 2.48 m.
and 5 m. from the West balk and between 30 cm. and 1.0 m. from the
South balk (at the East balk line) and 57 cm. from the South balk
(at 1.25 m. from the East balk). At top levels 482.75 m. (E) and
482.70 m. below debris A9073, pit A9076, and fill A9073 to founding
levels 482.23 m. (E) and 482.33 m. (W) above debris A9107.

Wall A9090 is 2 rows wide and 4 courses high, constructed of dry laid
large cobble and small boulder sized fieldstone. The lower courses
are on a slightly different alignment from the top course suggesting
a repair or rebuild. The upper phase is preserved only by 1 course
in the West end and 3 courses on the East end where it fills a 50 cm.
gap between the East end of the lower phase and the East balk. It is
possible that the upper courses on the East end have filled in a
doorway associated with the lower phase of the wall.

Surfaces A9091 and A9100, and debris A9091.1 and A9100.1 run to the
North face of Wall A9090. Wall A9080 was built against the north face
of wall A9090.

See Section South, East; Photos 1132, 1156, 1179;
Plan A9 Stratum XIIC, A9 Stratum XIIC2

I.A9.359 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40418 Bone Sample
I.A9.363 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40419 Flint Sample
MC 40420 Bone Sample

A9091 Str. XIIAB

Surface of beaten earth bounded by walls A9081, A9079, A9082 and
A9090. Located between 70 cm. and 5 m. from the West balk and
between 90 cm. and 3.12 m. from the North balk (at the East balk
line) and 2.55 m. from the North balk (at 2.75 m. from the East balk.)

At top levels 481.94 m. (NW), 481.86 m. (SW), 482.08 m. (C), 482.18 m.
(NE), 482.23 m. (East Center) and 482.34 m. (SE) below wall A9080,
foundation material A9084, debris A9088, fill A9073, and rockfall
A9114 and above surface debris A9091.1. Throughout most of the area
the surface is fairly even. However, in the area immediately East of
A9082 (an area of 60 cm. to 75 cm.) it is quite patchy. It slopes to
the North and West.

Surface A9091 runs to walls A9081, A9082A, A9079 and A9090. Wall
A9080 was built directly on surface A9091, hence was used with surface
A9091. Rockfall A9114 is on surface A9091.It is cut on the South by
sump A9031. A small depression (bin A9102) was cut in surface A9091
adjacent to wall A9081. A quantity of restorable and mendable pottery,
including a large vat, was found smashed on this surface adjacent to
wall A9090.

See Section East; Photos 1131, 1132, 1133, 1159.

A9091.P Str. XIIAB

Pottery and other objects on surface A9091.

I.A9.287 7/13/86 EB III
MC 40233 Flint 40233, 40233A
MC 40234 Bone Sample
MC 40235 Shell Sample
I.A9.325 7.21.86 EB III
MC 40329 Ballista Obj. 1383
MC 40330 Flint Sample
MC 40331 Soil Sample
MC 40332 Bone Awl Obj. 1382
I.A9.329 7/22/86 EB III
I.A9.330 7/22/86 EB III
I.A9.331 7/22/86 EB III
I.A9.336 7/22/86 EB III
MC 40343 Flint Sample
MC 40344 Bone Sample
I.A9.337 7/22/86 EB III
MC 40350 Flint Sample
MC 40351 Small Mortar Obj. 1386
I.A9.401 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50080 Bone samplr

A9091.1 Str. XIIA

Debris of surface A9091, consisting of reddish brown clay/silt
with high percentage of ash and inclusions of pebbles and charcoal.
For location and dimensions see A9091 above. At top level 482.46 m.
below surface A9091 to bottom level 482.12 m. above surface A9100.

Runs to the North face of wall A9090, south face of wall A9081.

See Sections East, North

I.A9.332 7/22/86 EB III
I.A9.334 7/22/86 EB III
MC 40345 flint 40345, 40345A
MC 40346 bone Sample
perforated, polished first phalanx of sheep/goat
MC 40347 shell Sample
MC 40348 loom weight Obj. 1385
MC 40349 quern frag. Sample
I.A9.338 7/23/86 EB III
MC 40354 flint Sample
MC 40355 bone Sample
MC 40356 Shell Sample
MC 40357 Ballista 40357, 40357A
MC 40358 Spindle Whorl Obj. 1388
MC 40366 seed Sample
I.A9.344 7/24/86 EB III
MC 40369 hammerstone 40369, 40369A
MC 40370 Bone Sample
MC 40371 Seed Sample
I.A9.345 7/24/86 EB III
MC 40374 Shell Sample
MC 40375 Flint 40375, 40375A
MC 40376 Bone Sample
MC 40377 Soil Sample
MC 40378 Seeds sample
I.A9.346 7/24/86 EB III
MC 40379 Flint Sample
MC 40380 Bone Sample
MC 40402 Basalt Grinder Obj. 1398
I.A9.348 7/25/86 EB III
MC 40385 Bone Sample
MC 40386 Shell Sample
MC 40387 Wadi pebble Sample
I.A9.349 7/25/86 EB III
MC 40388 Flint Sample
MC 40389 Bone Sample
MC 40390 Shell Sample
I.A9.353 7/25/86 EB III
MC 40397 Flint 40397, 40397A
MC 40398 Bone Sample
MC 40399 Shell Sample
MC 40400 Shell Bead Obj. 1397
MC 40401 Door Socket Sample
I.A9.355 7/28/86 EB III
I.A9.356 7/28/86 EB III
MC 40403 Quern Frag Sample
MC 40404 Bone Sample
I.A9.366 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40423 Flint Blade Sample
MC 40424 Fan Scraper Obj. 1399
MC 40428 Wadi Pebble Sample
I.A9.402 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50082 Bone sample
MC 50083 Shell Sample
MC 50084 Flint Sample
MC 50085 Charcoal Sample
I.A9.404 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50090 Bone sample
MC 50091 Shell Sample
MC 50092 Flint Sample
MC 50093 Charcoal Sample
I.A9.408 6/30/87 EB III
MC 50100 Bone sample
MC 50101 Flint Sample
MC 50102 Charcoal Sample
MC 50103 Shell Sample

A9092 Str. XIIBC

Wall constructed of fieldstone running across the Southwest
corner of the area. Located between 62 cm. and 1.27 m. from
the South balk (at 25 cm. from West balk) and 50 cm. from the
South balk (at 1.50 m. from the West balk) and 1.50 m. from
the West balk. At top levels 482.91 m. and 483.0 m. (W), and
482.62 m. (E) below fill A9073 to founding levels 482.07 m. (W),
482.11 m. (C) and 482.18 m. (E) above wall A9129.

It is two rows wide (ca. 70 cm.) and three courses (North face)
to four courses (South face) high (ca. 63 cm.). It abuts the West
face of wall A9082B. Debris A9073 is contained against its South
face. Surface A9098 runs to the lower course of wall A9092
on the North side and surface A9100 runs to its north face.

See Sections South, West; Photo 1156, 1178, 1179,
1264; Plan A9 Stratum XIIC, A9 Stratum XIIC2

I.A9.433 7/8/87 EB III
MC 50184 Bone sample
MC 50185 Shell Sample
MC 50186 Flint 50186, 50186A
MC 50187 Olive Pit Sample

A9093 Str. post XI

Collapse from wall A9085 in balk A9/B9. Located between 3.87 m.
and 5.0 m. from the South balk and 40 cm. from the East balk.
At top level 483.24 m. below debris A9073 to bottom level 482.71 m.
Consisting of large cobble to small boulder sized field stones in
moderately compacted gray soil.

See Section North, A9/B9 East.

I.A9.318 7/21/86 EB III

A9094 Str. pre XIIA

Fill debris beneath wall A9080 and between walls A9080 and A9090.
Located 1.85 m. from the East balk and between 77 cm. and 1.95
cm. from the South balk (at the East balk line) and between 55
cm. and 1.35 m. from the South balk (at 1.50 m. from the East balk).

At top levels 482.60 m. (W), 482.54 m. (E) and 482.68 m. below
wall A9080 to bottom levels 482.34 m. (W) and 482.32 m. (E) above
surface A9091 and wall A9099. Base of pot restorable with pottery
of A9091.P found under A9094 adjacent to East balk North of wall A9090.

Debris A9094 was deposited in preparation for the construction of
wall A9080.

Includes A9096, which has been canceled.

I.A9.321 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40313 Flint 40313, 40313A
MC 40314 Incised Sherd Obj. 1389
MC 40324 Bone Sample
I.A9.324 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40322 Bone Sample
MC 40323 Shell Sample
I.A9.327 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40336 Flint Sample
MC 40337 Bone Sample
MC 40338 Shell Sample
MC 40339 Flint Blade 40339, 40339A
MC 40340 Flint Blade Obj. 1384
MC 40352 Metal Frag Sample
MC 40353 Lithic Discard
I.A9.335 7/22/86 EB III

A9095 Str. pre XIA

Ashy debris (continuation of B9029.1 into balk). For full
description and dimensions see locus summary for B9029.1.
Between 4.25 m. and 5.0 m. from the South balk (at 1.5 m.
from the East balk) and between 95 cm. and 2.95 m. from the
East balk.

At top levels 482.84 m. (W), 482.82 m. (C) and 482.76 m. (E)
below A9087.1 to bottom levels 482.70 m. (W), 482.45 m. (C)
and 482.49 m. (E) above surface A9105. Runs to wall A9082 on
the West, A9081 on the South and A9085 on the East.

I.A9.323 7/21/86 EB III
MC 40320 Flint Sample
MC 40321 Bone Sample

A9096 Canceled; combined with A9094

A9097 Str. post XIIB/pre XIIA

Fill, consisting of dark brown clay debris, south of wall
A9092. Located 1.0 m. from the South balk and 1.15 m. from
the West balk (at the South balk line).

At top level 482.76 m. below destruction debris A9078 to bottom
level 482.09 m. Matrix consists of highly compacted dark brown
clay with few inclusions.

See Sections South, East.

I.A9.326 7/22/86 EB III
MC 40333 Flint Sample
MC 40334 Bone Sample
MC 40335 LIthic Sample
MC 40341 Hammerstone 40341, 40341A

A9098 Str. XIIC

Surface of beaten earth between walls A9099 and A9092.
Located between ca. 1.35 m. and 2.45 m. from the South balk
(at its Western end) and between ca. 50 cm. and 1.55 m. from
the South balk (at 1.5 m. from the West balk) and between 20
cm. and 87 cm. from the West balk (at 2.0 m. from the South balk)
and between 1.50 m. and 2.55 m. from the West balk at 50 cm. from
the South balk). At top levels 482.14 m. (W), 482.11 m. (C) and
482.11 m. (E) below debris A9073. Runs to the South side of wall
A9099 and to the North face of Wall A9092 at the very bottom of the
lowest course, and to the south face of wall A9099. Surface A9098
runs to the east face of threshhold A9112.

See Photo 1156, 1178, 1179;
Plan A9 Stratum XIIC

A9098.1 Str. XIIC

Debris makeup of surface A9098. For location and dimensions see
A9098 above. At top levels 482.14 m. (W), 482.11 m. (C) and 482.11
m. (E) below debris A9073 to bottom levels 481.95 m. (W), 481.91 m.
(WC), 481.95 m. (NEC) and 482.08 m. (NE) above surface A9100.

Runs to wall A9099, to wall A9092 at the bottom of its lowest course
and to the east face of rockline A9112.

I.A9.333 7/22/86 No Pottery
MC 40326 Bone Sample
MC 40327 Shell Sample
MC 40328 Soil Sample
I.A9.341 7/23/86 EB III
MC 40361 Bone Sample
MC 40362 Flint Sample
I.A9.343 7/24/86 EB III
MC 40372 Flint Sample
MC 40373 Bone Sample
I.A9.347 7/25/86 EB III
MC 40382 Flint Sample
MC 40383 Bone Sample
MC 40384 Shell Sample

A9099 Str. XIIC1

Stone wall or sockle beneath wall A9079. Constructed of small
cobbles (avg. 6-10 cm.), 3 rows wide and from 1 to 3 courses high.
Three course high in some areas of the south side with only 1 course
extant on much of the North side. Located between 20 cm. and 3.0 m.
from the West balk and between 50 cm. and 2.60 m. from South balk.
It runs diagonally from Northwest to the Southeast and is
approximately 43 cm. wide.

At top levels 482.19 m. and 482.08 m. (W), 482.26 m. and 482.13 m.
(C) and 482.50 m. and 482.32 m. (E) below wall A9079, Sump A9031
and wall A9080. To founding levels 482.05 m. and 481.95 m. (W),
482.07 m. and 481.96 m. (C) and 482.29 m. (E) above fill A9111.
No evidence of a foundation trench was detected.

Sump A9031 robbed out the upper two courses of wall A9099 at the
far eastern end. Surface A9100 runs to it on the North side and
Surface A9098 runs to it on the South side. Wall A9079 was built
directly on top of Wall A9099 except that in the West end some mud
bricky material was used apparently for leveling. Wall A9099 abuts
walls A9082 and A9090.

See Photos 1156, 1178, 1179; Plan A9 Stratum XIIC

I.A9.365 7/29/86 No Pottery
MC 40421 Flint Sample
MC 40422 Bone Sample
I.A9.368 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40429 Flint Sample
MC 40430 Bone Sample
MC 40431 Shell Sample

A9100 Str. XIIC

Surface of beaten earth covering most of the area. Located
between ca. 1.2 m. and 5 m. from the West balk and up
to 4.0 m. from the North balk (at 2.0 m. from the East balk line).
At top level 482.0 m. (N), 482.07 m. (SW), 482.11 m. (SC)
and 482.18 m. (SE) below debris A9091.1, A9098.1, wall A9081,
wall A9099, fill A9111, debris A9124, and above debris
A9100.1.

Runs to walls A9082B, A9092 and A9090 in its earliest sub-phase.
In a second sub-phase surface A9100 runs to walls A9082 and A9090;
but in this sub-phase wall A9099 was built directly on surface
A9100 and was used with it, while south of wall A9099 another
surface A9098 was added between walls A9099 and A9092.

Surface A9100 was littered with charred olive pits. Surface A9100
is cut by bin A9102.

Includes A9101, A9115, A9123 and A9126 which have been canceled.

See Sections East, North; Photo 1156, 1178,
1179, Photo 1338; Plan A9 Stratum XIIC, A9 Stratum XIIC2

A9100.P Str. XIIC

Pottery and other objects on surface A9100.

Now includes A9126.P which has been canceled.

I.A9.362 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40414 Bone Sample
I.A9.443 7/10/87 EB III
MC 50229 Shell Sample
MC 50230 Lithic Sample
MC 50231 Olive Pits Sample
MC 50232 Bone Sample
MC 50251 Soil Sample
I.A9.448 7/12/87 EB III
MC 50252 Bone sample

A9100.1 Str. XIIC

Debris of surface A9100. For location and dimensions see A9100
above. At top levels 482.0 m. (N), 482.07 m. (SW), 482.11 m. (SC)
and 482.11 m. (SE) below surface A9100 to bottom levels 481.86 m.
(N), 481.92 m. (S) above surface A9103, fill A9110, drain A9127
and surface/installation A9119.

Matrix consists of medium brown soil with inclusions of gray ash,
charcoal, olive pits and a few pebbles. In the area between 45 cm.
and 80 cm. from the East balk there is evidence of thin multilayered
resurfacings which lens together on the West.

Now includes A9101.1, A9115.1, A9121, A9121.1, A9123 and A9126.1 which
have been canceled.

See Sections East, North.

I.A9.350 7/25/86 EB III
MC 40391 Bone Sample
MC 40392 Seed Sample
MC 40393 Flint Sample
I.A9.351 7/28/86 EB III
MC 40407 Flint Sample
MC 40408 Bone Sample
MC 40409 Shell Sample
I.A9.372 7/31/86 EB III
MC 40470 Flint Sample
MC 40471 Bone Sample
MC 40472 Shell Sample
I.A9.378 8/01/86 EB III
MC 40480 Flint Sample
MC 40481 Bone Sample
I.A9.386 6/25/87 EB III
MC 50015 Flint Sample
MC 50016 Bone sample
MC 50017 Shell Sample
MC 50018 Seeds Sample
MC 50044 Charcoal Sample
MC 50199 Charcoal Sample
I.A9.388 6/25/87 EB III
MC 50031 Bone sample
MC 50032 Shell Sample
MC 50033 Flint Sample
MC 50034 Seed Sample
I.A9.405 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50094 Flint Sample
MC 50095 Bone sample
MC 50096 Charcoal Sample
I.A9.413 7/1/87 EB III
MC 50118 Bone sample
MC 50119 Flint Sample
MC 50125 Olive Pit Sample
I.A9.416 7/2/87 EB III
MC 50131 Bone sample
MC 50132 Flint Sample
I.A9.421 7/2/87 EB III
MC 50412 Flint 50412, 50412A
MC 50143 Bone sample
MC 50144 Shell Sample
MC 50146 Olive Pit Sample
I.A9.423 7/3/87 EB III
MC 50151 Flint 50151, 50151A
MC 50152 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50153 Bone sample
MC 50154 Shell Sample
MC 50213 Spindle Whorl Obj 1538
I.A9.424 7/3/87 EB III
MC 50155 Stone Door Socket Sample
MC 50156 Flint Sample
MC 50157 Bone sample
MC 50158 Olive Pit Sample
I.A9.425 7/6/87 EB III
MC 50159 Bone Sample
MC 50160 Flint Sample
I.A9.427 7/6/87 EB III
MC 50165 Bone sample
MC 50166 Shell Sample
MC 50167 Flint 50167-1, 50167-1A
50167-2, 50167-2A
I.A9.434 7/7/87 EB III
MC 50188 Bone sample
MC 50189 Shell Sample
MC 50190 Flint Sample
I.A9.435 7/7/87 EB III
MC 50191 Bone sample
MC 50192 Shell Sample
MC 50193 Flint Sample
MC 50194 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50198 Bitumen Sample
I.A9.439 7/9/87 EB III
MC 50207 Bone sample
MC 50208 Shell Sample
MC 50209 Lithic 50209, 50209A
I.A9.444 7/12/87 EB III
MC 50233 Bone sample
MC 50234 Shell Sample
MC 50235 Flint Sample
MC 50244 Spindle Whorl Obj. 1556
MC 50245 Bitumen Sample
MC 50248 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50249 Basalt Weight Stone Obj. 1557
MC 50250 Bead Obj. 1558
I.A9.449 7/13/87 EB III
MC 50253 Shell Sample
MC 50254 Flint 50254, 50254A
MC 50255 Bone sample
MC 50258 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50259 Flint Blade Obj. 1564
MC 50260 Flint Obj. 1563
I.A9.450 7/14/87 EB III
MC 50262 Shell Sample
MC 50263 Flint 50263, 50263A

A9101 Canceled; combined with A9100

A9101.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1

A9102 Str. XIIAB

Bin in surface A9091. Located between 1.92 m. and 2.20 m.
from the East balk and between 45 cm. and 70 cm. from the
North balk. A build-up of mudbricky material at the top of
the depression extends the dimensions of the depression to
between 1.82 m. and 2.30 m. from the East balk and between
35 cm. and 83 cm. from the North balk. At top levels 482.09
m. (build-up around the hole) and 482.07 m. below debris A9088
to a founding level of 481.56 m. below a large flat stone.
The hole was shaped with mudbrick material at the top, which
slopped over on the inside. At the bottom of the depression is
a flat stone.

Depression A9102 was constructed with the creation of surface
A9091 and cuts surfaces A9100 and A9103 and into debris A9110.
The build-up at the top and the flat stone at the bottom suggest
that the hole was dug to hold a large vessel.

Photos 1127, 1131, 1132 and 1156

A9103 Str. XIIIA

Patchy surface of beaten earth located between 1.10 m. and
2.90 m. from the East balk and up to 1.25 m. from the North
balk. At top level 481.84 m. below debris A9100.1 and above
debris makeup A9103.1. Cut by bin A9102. Probably because of
exposure and erosion, clear connections to walls in the area were
difficult to establish. However, surface A9103 ran to wall A9082C
and most likely also to walls A9117, A9129. Surface/installation
A9119 was probably used with surface A9103.

See Section North; Plan A9 Stratum XIIIA

A9103.1 Str. XIIIA

Debris of surface A9103. For location and dimensions see
A9103 above. At top level 481.84 m. below surface A9103 to
bottom level 481.63 m. above debris fill A9110. Consisting
of several thin compacted layers of fine silty soil with
inclusion of a few pebbles. A9103.1 is cut by bin A9102.
Runs to walls A9082C, A9117, A9129.

See Section North.

I.A9.357 7/28/86 EB III
MC 40405 Flint 40405, 40405A
MC 40406 Bone Sample
I.A9.455 7/19/87 EB III
MC 50284 Bone sample
MC 50285 Shell Sample
MC 50286 Flint Sample
I.A9.463 7/21/87 EB III
MC 50312 Bone sample
MC 50313 Olive Pits Sample
MC 50316 Flint Sample

A9104 Str. post XII

Debris fill South of wall A9090 consisting of compacted
grey-brown soil with some charcoal and pebbles. Located
80 cm. from the South balk and 87 cm. from the East balk.
At top level 482.63 m. below pit A9076 to bottom level
481.97 m. above wall A9117.

See Section East, South.

I.A9.360 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40415 Flint Sample
MC 40416 Bone Sample
MC 40417 Shell Sample
I.A9.371 7/31/86 EB III
MC 40458 Flint Sample
MC 40459 Bone Sample
I.A9.411 7/1/87 EB III
MC 50112 Flint Sample
MC 50113 Bone sample

A9105 Str. XIIA

Continuation of surface B9063 into the A9/B9 balk. For full
description and dimensions see the locus summary for B9063.
Located between 1.0 m. and 2.95 m. from the East balk and
between 4.0 m. and 5.0 m. from the South balk.

At top levels 482.62 m. (W), 482.40 m. (C), 482.53 m. (E) below
debris A9095. Runs to the north face of wall A9081, the west face
of wall A9085 and the East face of wall A9082.

A9105.1 Str. XIIA

Debris of surface A9105/B9063, consisting of a coarse orange
brown clay detritus. For location and dimensions see A9105 above.
At top levels 482.62 m.(W), 482.40 m. (C) and 482.43 m. (E)
below surface A9105 to bottom levels 482.29 m. W), 482.27 m.
(C) and 482.35 m. (E) above surface A9108. Runs to walls A9082,
A9081, and A9085. Sealed by ash A9095 (B9061). Runs to walls
A9081, A9085 and A9082.

Now includes A9106 which has been canceled.

I.A9.358 7/28/86 EB III
I.A9.361 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40410 Flint Sample
MC 40411 Bone Sample
MC 40412 Shell Sample
MC 40475 Incised Sherd Obj. 1410
I.A9.364 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40413 Bone Sample
MC 40450 Flint 40450, 40450A
I.A9.369 7/30/86 CHALCO, EB III
MC 40426 Flint 40426-1, 40426-1A
40426-2, 40426-2A
MC 40427 Bone Sample
worked rib of medium mammal, ribA
worked scapula of sheep/goat
MC 40444 Shell Sample
MC 40446 Horn Obj. 1406
MC 40447 Flint Core Sample
MC 40448 Flint Blade Obj. 1423
MC 40476 Potter's mark Obj. 1409
MC 40479 Ostrich Egg Shell Sample

A9106 Canceled; combined with A9105.1

A9107 Str. pre XIIC

Debris beneath wall A9090. Located between 2.5 m. and 5.0 m.
from the West balk and between 80 cm. and 1.5 m. from the
South balk (at the East balk line) 35 cm. from the South balk
(at 2.50 m. from the West balk).

At top level 482.20 m. below wall A9090 to bottom level 481.97 m.
above wall A9117. Grey soil with some pebble and some charcoal
inclusions. Contiguous with and apparently part of the same filling
operation as debris A9104.

See Section East, South.

I.A9.367 7/29/86 EB III
MC 40425 Bone Sample
I.A9.373 7/31/86 EB III
MC 40460 Flint 40460, 40460A
MC 40461 Bone Sample
I.A9.412 7/1/87 EB III
MC 50114 Flint 50114, 50114A
MC 50115 Bone sample
MC 50116 Olive Pit Sample

A9108 Str. XIIIA

Continuation of surface B9074 into the A9/B9 balk. Located
between 75 cm. and 2.80 m. from the East balk (at the South
balk of B9) and between 4.25 m. and 5.0 m. from the South balk
(at 2.0 m. from the East balk).

At top levels 482.29 m. (W), 482.27 m. (C), 482.33 m. (E) and
482.17 m. (SE) below debris A9105.1. Runs to the East face of
wall A9082 and to the south face of B9067. Slopes down toward
the Southeast.

Nine freshly struck blades, 1 scraper, two flint cores and a goat
horn possibly used in flintknapping, were found on this surface
and in the debris (A9105.1; B9063.1) immediately above.

See section South; Photos 1176, 1177, 1195, 1196.

A9108.P Str. XIIIA

Pottery and other materials on surface A9108.

I.A9.374 7/31/86 EB III
MC 40451 Flint Blade Obj. 1424
MC 40452 Flint Scraper Obj. 1425
MC 40453 Shell Sample
MC 40455 Flint Sample

A9108.1 Str. XIIIA

Debris of surface A9108/B8074. For location and dimensions see
A9108 above. At top levels 482.29 m. (W), 482.27 m. (C), 482.33 m.
(E) and 482.17 m. (SE) below surface A9108 to bottom levels 482.01
m. (W), 482.06 m. (E) above cobbles A9113 (only partially exposed.
The .1 was limited to the A9/B9 balk and there was no .1 taken on
surface B9074 in B9). Matrix consists of fine gray brown ashy soil.
Now includes debris A9109, which has been canceled.

See Section B9 South.

I.A9.375 7/31/86 EB III
MC 40456 Flint Sample
MC 40457 Bone Sample
MC 40462 Shell Sample
MC 40463 Flint Blade Obj. 1426
MC 40464 Flint Blade Obj. 1427
MC 40465 Flint Tool Sample
I.A9.376 7/31/86 EB III
MC 40466 Bone Sample
MC 40467 Flint Blade Obj. 1428
MC 40468 Flint 40468, 40468A
MC 40469 Flint Tool Obj. 1429

A9109 Canceled; combined with A9108.1

A9110 Str. pre XIIC

Fill located 4.0 m. from the South balk and 3.70 m. from the
East balk. It is limited by wall A9082C on the West and by walls
A9117 and A9129 on the South.

At top level 481.85 m. below surface debris A9100.1, A9103.1, and
A9119.1 to bottom levels 481.75 m. (C), 481.51 m. (E) above surface
A9122, drain A9127 and rockfall A9136.

Contains gray to brown clay and ash with some inclusion of pebbles.
This debris consists of a sequence of laminations of clay and ash.
These laminations tend to lens into one another and for the most part
could not be traced as surfaces over a significant area. Surface A9103
could be traced over a greater area, and probably represents a final
phase re-surfacing of the area.

It appears that this debris may have been deposited over an extended
period of time, resulting from the use of this area during the period
of Stratum XIII as an open drainage channel or passageway for the buildings
and street upslope.

Now includes A9133 which has been canceled.

See Sections East, North, South

I.A9.377 7/31/86 EB III
MC 40473 Flint Sample
MC 40474 Bone Sample
I.A9.392 6/26/87 EB III
MC 50045 Bone sample
MC 50047 Flint Sample
MC 50053 Seed Sample
I.A9.395 6/26/87 EB III
MC 50058 Bone sample
MC 50059 Flint Sample
MC 50066 Seed Sample
I.A9.398 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50070 Bone sample
MC 50071 Shell Sample
MC 50072 Flint 50072, 50072A
MC 50079 Seed Sample
MC 50108 Potters' mark Obj. 1465
I.A9.403 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50086 Bone sample
MC 50087 Shell Sample
MC 50088 Flint 50088-1, 50088-1A
50088-2, 50088-2A
MC 50089 Seed Sample
I.A9.406 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50097 Flint Sample
MC 50098 Bone sample
MC 50099 Charcoal Sample
I.A9.407 6/30/87 EB III
MC 50104 Flint Sample
MC 50105 Bone sample
MC 50106 Shell Sample
I.A9.410 7/1/87 EB III
MC 50109 Flint Sample
MC 50110 Bone sample
MC 50111 Shell Sample
I.A9.420 7/2/87 EB III
MC 50140 Flint 50140, 50140A
MC 50141 Bone sample
I.A9.422 7/3/87 EB III
MC 50147 Bone sample
MC 50148 Shell Sample
MC 50149 Flint 50149, 50149A
MC 50150 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50215 Potters' mark Obj. 1540
I.A9.426 7/6/87 EB III
MC 50161 Bone sample
MC 50162 Shell Sample
MC 50163 Flint 50163, 50163A
MC 50164 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50168 Faience Bead Obj. 1456
MC 50214 Broken Spindle Whorl Obj. 1539
I.A9.430 7/7/87 EB III
MC 50176 Bone sample
MC 50177 flint Sample
MC 50178 Shell Sample
I.A9.465 7/21/87 EB III
MC 50317 Bone sample
MC 50318 Shell Sample
MC 50319 Flint Sample
MC 50320 Olive Pit Sample
I.A9.469 7/22/87 EB III
MC 50323 Bone sample
MC 50324 Shell Sample
MC 50325 Flint Sample
MC 50326 Olive Pit Sample
I.A9.470 7/22/87 EB III
MC 50337 Flint Sample

A9111 Str. pre XIIC1

Artificial locus of debris beneath wall A9099 consisting of
grayish granular soil of medium to hard compaction with small
amounts of random cobble and clay. Located between 20 cm. and
3.0 m. from the West balk and between 50 cm. and 2.60 m. from
the South balk. At top levels 482.05 m. and 481.98 m. (W),
482.07 m. and 481.96 m. (C) and 482.29 m. (E) below wall A9099
to bottom levels 482.11 m. and 482.08 m. (E), 481.93 m. and
481.83 m. (C) and 481.88 m. and 481.78 m. (W) above surface
A9100. Contiguous with debris A9100.1.

I.A9.370 7/30/86 EB III
MC 40432 Bone Sample
MC 40433 Flint Sample
MC 40477 Flint Scraper Sample
MC 40478 Potter's mark Obj. 1411

A9112 Str. 12C

Stone threshold through wall A9082. Located between 1.60 m.
and 2.42 m. from the South balk and 17 cm. from the West balk.
At top level 482.27 m. below debris A9073. Surface A9098 runs
up to the bottom of the east face of wall A9112. It appears
to be bonded into the bottom course of wall A9092.

See Section West; Photo 1178.

A9113 Str. pre XIIIA

Fill consisting of cobbles below A9108.1 in the A9/B9 balk.
Located between 75 cm. and 2.75 m. from the East balk and
between 4.0 and 4.60 m. from the South balk. At top level
482.01 m. below debris A9108.1. (Not excavated.)

A9114 Str. post XII

Rockfall located between 4.0 m. and 5.0 m. from the West balk and
between approximately 1.08 m. and 2.07 m. from the North balk. At
top level 483.01 m. below fill A9073 to founding level 482.01 m.
above surface A9091. Surface A9091 runs beneath rockfall A9114.
A9114 is on surface A9091.

Rockfall A9114 runs along the South face of wall A9081 and may have
slumped from wall A9081.

See Plan 603

I.A9.391 6/25/87 No Record
MC 50028 Flint Sample
MC 50035 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50036 Shell Sample
I.A9.393 6/26/87 EB III
MC 50043 Flint Sample
MC 50048 Bone sample
MC 50049 Shell Sample
MC 50054 Plant Sample
MC 50056 Soil Sample
I.A9.396 6/26/87 EB III
MC 50061 Shell Sample
MC 50062 Flint Sample
MC 50067 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50123 Potter's Mark Obj. 1464
I.A9.399 6/29/87 EB III
MC 50073 Bone Awl Obj. 1555
MC 50074 Shell Sample
MC 50075 Flint Sample
MC 50081 Flint Blade Obj. 1498
I.A9.418 7/2/87 EB III
MC 50135 Ballista 50135, 50135A
MC 50137 Bone sample
MC 50138 Shell Sample
MC 50139 Flint 50139-1, 50139-1A
50139-2, 50139-2A, 50139-3
I.A9.428 7/6/87 EB III
MC 50169 Flint Sample
MC 50170 Bone Sample
MC 50171 Seed Sample
MC 50172 Shell Sample

A9115 Canceled; combined with A9100

A9115.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1

A9116 Str. post XII

Rockfall north of wall A9081. Located between 4.15 m. and 5.0 m.
from the West balk and 50 cm. from the North balk. At top level
483.16 m. below fill A9072 to bottom level 482.83 m. above
surface A9118.

I.A9.414 7/1/87 EB III
MC 50120 Bone sample
MC 50121 Shell Sample
MC 50124 Flint Sample

A9117 Str. XIIIA-D

Wall exposed but not removed. Constructed of cobble and
pebble-sized fieldstones. Located approximately 2.12 m. from
the East balk and 63 cm. from the South balk (at the East
balk line). At 2.12 m. from the East balk wall A9117 enters
the South balk. At top level 481.97 m. below debris A9104 and
A9107. Not excavated below. It is at least three rows wide (ca.
63 cm.) at the eastern end. Exposed height is ca. 90 cm.

Surface A9103 probably runs to the north face of wall A9117.
It is also assumed here that surface A9137 ran originally to
wall A9117. Surfaces A9122 and A9135 run up to its North face.
It appears to abut wall A9129, but this relationship cannot be
clearly established until the South balk is excavated. Debris
A9110 lay against the north face of wall A9117. Fill A9139 runs
to wall A9117 on the Southeast. Rockfall A9132 extends to the
North face of wall A9117.

Photo 1365; Plan A9 Stratum XIIIA

A9118 Str. XIIA

Ashy surface located between 3.4 m. and 5.0 m. from the
South balk and between 3.50 m. and 5.0 m. from the West
balk. At top level 483.16 below debris A9073 and rockfall
A9116 and above debris A9118.1.

Runs to walls B9030 and A9081.

See Section North, East.

A9118.P Str. XIIA

Pottery and other debris on surface A9118.

I.A9.415 7/2/87 EB III
MC 50133 Bone sample

A9118.1 Str. XIIA

Debris of surface A9118, consisting of ashy soil. For location
and dimensions see A9118 above. At top level 483.16 m. below
surface A9118 to bottom level 482.70 m. above curving stone
wall (A9120), visible in the A8/A9 balk.

See Section North, East.

I.A9.417 7/2/87 EB III
MC 50127 Bone sample
MC 50128 Shell Sample
MC 50129 Flint Sample
MC 50130 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50145 Crystals Sample

A9119 Str. XIIIA

Patch of paved surface in A9103 sunk slightly lower than surface
A9103. Located between 1.75 m. and 2.0 m. from the North balk and
between 1.1 m. and 1.6 m. from the West balk. At top level 481.85
m. below debris A9100.1 and above debris A9119.1. Consists of dry
laid pebbles and cobblestones averaging 5 to 15 cm. in size. This
small patch of paved surface might have been the base of a small bin,
but the absence of clear evidence precludes certainty.

A9119.1 Str. XIIIA

Debris of surface A9119, consisting of pebbles and small cobbles.
For location and dimensions see A9119 above. At top level 481.85 m.
below surface A9119 to bottom level 481.81 m. above debris fill A9110.

I.A9.419 7/2/87 EB III
MC 50134 Bone sample
MC 50136 Flint Sample

A9120 Str. XIIB

Curving stone wall segment (partially exposed as the result of
erosion and balk collapse) noted only in A8/A9 balk below surface
debris A9118.1. Located between approximately 4.0 m. and 5.0 m.
from the West balk and between 4.4 m. and 5.0 m. from the South
balk.

A9121 Canceled; combined with A9100

A9121.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1

A9122 Str. XIIIB

Patchy beaten earth surface. Located 4.0 m. from the West balk
and 3.70 m. from the South balk (at 2.0 m. from the West balk)
excluding the areas covered by walls A9117 and A9129. At top level
481.76 m. below debris fill A9110 and above debris A9122.1. Slopes
up from the North to the South. Runs to the North faces of walls
A9129 and A9117 and to the West face of wall A9082C.

Surface A9122 is a late phase in the debris deposition resulting
from the use of this area as an open drain in Stratum 13. Surface
A9122 was associated and used with the lined drain A9127.

See Section East

A9122.P Str. XIIIB

Pottery and other objects on surface A9122.

I.A9.429 7/6/87 No Pottery
MC 50175 Soil Sample
I.A9.431 7/7/87 EB III
MC 50179 Bone sample
MC 50180 Shell Sample
MC 50181 Flint Sample
I.A9.432 7/7/87 EB III
MC 50182 Bone sample
MC 50183 Flint Sample
I.A9.458 7/19/87 EB III
MC 50290 Bone sample
MC 50291 Olive Pit Sample

A9122.1 Str. XIIIB

Debris of surface A9122, consisting of reddish to grey and
black soil with inclusions of decayed mudbrick, ash, cobbles
and some olive pits.

For location and dimensions see A9122 above. At top level 481.76 m.
below surface A9122 to bottom level 481.66 m. (W), 481.73 m. (E)
above surface A9135 and rockfall A9132.

See Section South, East.

I.A9.454 7/15/87 EB III
MC 50279 Bone sample
MC 50281 Flint Sample
MC 50282 Lithic Discard
I.A9.456 7/19/87 EB III
MC 50287 Bone sample
MC 50288 Shell Sample
MC 50289 Flint 50289, 50289A
MC 50292 Olive Pits Sample
MC 50293 Soil Sample
I.A9.457 7/19/87 EB III
MC 50294 Bone sample
MC 50300 Flint Sample
MC 50301 Shell Sample
I.A9.461 7/20/87 EB III
MC 50305 Bone sample
MC 50306 Shell Sample
MC 50307 Lithic 50307-1, 50307-1A
50307-2, 50307-2A
MC 50308 Olive Pits Sample

A9123 Canceled; combined with A9100.1

A9124 Str. pre XIIB

Artificial locus of debris beneath wall A9081. Located between
40 cm. and 2.87 m. from the East balk and 87 cm. from the North balk
(at the East balk line) and 12 cm. from the North balk (at 2.50 m.
from the East balk). At top level 482.14 m. below wall A9081 to
bottom level 482.0 m. above surface A9100. Consisting of fine to
coarse medium brown clay/silt with some pebbles.

See Section North.

I.A9.440 7/10/87 EB III
MC 50216 Bone sample
MC 50217 Shell Sample
MC 50218 Flint Sample
MC 50227 Ceramic Chip Sample
MC 50228 Olive Pits Sample

A9125 Str. pre XIIA

Artificial locus of debris beneath eastern end (rebuild or
later addition) of wall A9081. Located between 3.60 m. and 5.0
m. from the West balk and 1.05 m. from the North balk. At top
level 482.24 m. below wall A9081 to bottom level 481.51 m. above
surface A9127 and wall A9150. Now includes A9128 which has been
canceled.

Debris fill A9125 was apparently deposited as part of the leveling
preparation for the construction of wall A9081, filling in the deep
depression created by drains A9131, A9130 and A9127.

See Section East.

I.A9.442 7/10/87 EB III
MC 50222 Bone sample
MC 50223 Shell Sample
MC 50224 Flint Sample
MC 50226 Stone Pounder Sample
I.A9.451 7/14/87 EB III
MC 50264 Bone sample
MC 50265 Shell Sample
MC 50266 Flint 50266, 50266A
MC 50267 Olive Pits Sample
MC 50270 Zoomorphic Vessel Obj. 1578
MC 50271 Shell Bead Obj. 1577 Cerithium sp.
MC 50339 Spindle Whorl Obj. 1634

A9126 Canceled; combined with A9100

A9126.P Canceled; combined with A9100.P

A9126.1 Canceled; combined with A9100.1

A9127 Str. XIIIB1

Lined sloping drainage channel. Located 1.10 m. from the
East balk and 77 cm. from the North balk. At top levels 481.74 m.
(W), 481.52 m. (E) below debris A9110 and debris A9125 and above
debris A9127.1.

The channel was covered with pottery, bone and lithics which
were deliberately placed to preserve the contour of the channel.
Served as a drain for upslope street and associated buildings.
A9127 was used with surface A9122.

See Section East; Photo 1348.

A9127.P Str. XIIIB1

Pottery and other materials on A9127.

I.A9.451A 7/14/87 EB III
MC 50268 Bone sample
MC 50269 Flint Sample

A9127.1 Str. XIIIB1

Debris of drainage channel A9127, consisting of compacted
medium brown silty soil. For location and dimensions see A9127
above. At top levels 481.74 m. (W), 481.52 m. (E) below A9127 to
bottom level 481.65 m. (W), 481.43 m. (E) above drain A9130.

See Section East.

I.A9.459 7/19/87 EB III
MC 50295 Bone sample
MC 50296 Shell Sample
MC 50297 Flint Sample
MC 50298 Faience Bead Obj. 1595
MC 50299 Stone Discard

A9128 Canceled; combined with A9125

A9129 Str. XIIIA-D

Dry laid fieldstone wall running across the Southwest corner of the
area. Located approximately 1.80 m. from the West balk and 1.42 m.
from the South balk. Runs into the South balk at 1.80 m. from
the West balk. At top level 482.14 m. below wall A9092 (in part) and
debris A9097. Wall A9129 was not removed in 1987.

Wall A9129 is two rows wide (approximately 1.0 m.) with a rubble core
with larger cobbles and small boulders for outer or facing courses.
Two courses (approximately 60 cm.) are currently exposed. A9129 may
have been utilized secondarily in part as a foundation for wall A9092.

It is probable that A9129 abuts wall A9117; however, excavation of the
South balk of A9 will be required in order to clarify this connection.
Abuts wall A9082C on the West. Surfaces A9103, A9122 and A9135 run
to its North face. Debris A9110, rockfall A9132 and debris A9139
also run to wall A9129. It is also assumed here that surface A9137
ran originally to wall A9117.

See Section South; Plan A9 Stratum XIIIA

A9130 Str. XIIIB2

An earlier phase of lined drainage channel A9127. Located 1.10 m.
from the East balk and 76 cm. from the North balk. At top levels
481.65 m. (W), 481.43 m. (E) below debris A9127.1 and above debris
A9130.1. The channel slopes sharply down to the east and is lined
with pottery and other objects.

Used with surface A9122.

See Sections North, East; Photo 1371.

A9130.P Str. XIIIB2

Pottery and other objects on drain A9130.

Photo 1371

I.A9.460 7/20/87 EB III
MC 50302 Bone sample
MC 50303 Shell Sample
MC 50304 Flint Sample

A9130.1 Str. XIIIB2

Debris of drainage channel A9130, consisting of compacted medium
brown soil. For location and dimensions see A9130 above. At top
levels 481.65 m. (W), 481.43 m. (E) below drain A9130 to bottom
levels 481.60 m. W), 481.33 (E) above drain A9131.

See Sections North, East.

I.A9.462 7/20/87 EB III
MC 50309 Bone sample
MC 50310 Shell Sample
MC 50311 Flint Sample

A9131 Str. XIIIC

The earliest phase of the lined drainage channel in the Northeast
quadrant of A9. Located 1.10 m. from the East balk and 76 cm. from the
North balk at top levels 481.60 m. (W), 481.33 m. (E) below debris
A9130.1 and above debris A9131.1. Characterized by the presence of
substantial quantities of pottery, bone and lithic.

Drain A9131 was in use with surface A9135. Runs to rockfall A9136.

See Sections North, East.

A9131.P Str. XIIIC

Pottery and other objects in drain A9131.

I.A9.464 7/21/87 EB III
MC 50315 Flint Sample
MC 50316 Bone sample
MC 50367 Potter's mark Obj 1662

A9131.1 Str. XIIIC

Debris of drainage channel A9131, consisting of compacted
medium brown soil. Located 1.10 m. from the East balk and
76 cm. from the North balk at top levels 481.60 m. (W), 481.33 m.
(E) below drain A9131 to bottom levels 481.56 m. (W), 481.27 m.
(E) above surface A9145. Runs to rockfall A9136.

Medium brown loosely compacted clayey soil with inclusions of
ash and pebbles. Appears to be fill material and there is no
evidence of earlier phases of this drainage system.

Now includes A9134 which has been canceled.

See Sections North, East.

I.A9.471 7/22/87 EB III
MC 50330 Bone sample
MC 50331 Flint Sample
MC 50332 Fragment of Spindle Whorl, Spindle WhorlA
MC 50338 Stone Discard

A9132 Str. post XIIIC

Rockfall located between 1.10 m. and 2.10 m. from the East balk
and between 15 cm. and 2.15 m. from the South balk. At top level
481.78 m. below A9122.1 to bottom level 481.69 m. above surface
A9135. Extends to wall A9117 and wall A9129.

I.A9.466 7/21/87 EB III
MC 50321 Bone sample
MC 50332 Flint Sample
I.A9.467 7/22/87 EB III
MC 50327 Bone sample
MC 50328 Flint Sample
MC 50329 Olive Pit Sample

A9133 Canceled; combined with A9110

A9134 Canceled; combined with A9131.1

A9135 Str. XIIIC

Patchy beaten earth surface over most of the area. Located 3.90 m.
from North balk (at 2.0 m. from the East balk) and 3.87 m. from the
East balk (at 1.50 m. from the South balk). At top level 481.75 m.
(C) below debris A9122.1, rockfall A9132 and above debris A9135.1.

Runs to rockfall A9136 and drain A9131 on the Northeast, to wall A9082C
on the West, wall A9129 on the Southwest and wall A9117 on the Southeast.

See Section North; East, Photo 1364, 1365.

A9135.1 Str. XIIIC

Debris of surface A9135, consisting of medium brown to grey ashy
soil. For location and dimensions see A9135 above. At top level
481.75 m. below surface A9135 to bottom level 481.65 m. above fill
A9139, surface A9137 and cobbles A9144.

Within the debris makeup of this surface are several lenses. Some
decayed mudbrick is present within the compacted light brown silt
and clay matrix.

Runs to wall A9082C on the West, Wall A9129 on the Southwest, wall
A9117 on the South east and drain A9131 and rockfall A9136 on the
Northeast.

See Section North; East

I.A9.472 7/23/87 EB III
MC 50341 Bone sample
MC 50342 Flint Sample
MC 50347 Shell Sample
I.A9.473 7/23/87 EB III
MC 50343 Bone sample
MC 50344 Shell Sample
MC 50345 Flint 50345, 50345A
MC 50346 Olive Pit Sample

A9136 Str. post XIIIC

Rockfall in the Northeast quadrant of the area. Located
approximately 80 cm. from the East balk and between approximately
75 cm. and 1.70 m. from the North balk. At top level 481.57 m.
below fill A9110 to bottom level 481.29 m. above locus A9145.
Stones range in size from cobble to boulder.

The surface of drain A9131 runs up to A9136. The alignment suggests
fall from a wall. However, no wall is extant in the area. Debris
A9139 runs up to it. Surface A9137 also runs to rockfall A9136.
Though this locus of stones extended into Stratum XIV material, it
has been assigned to Stratum XIII because it apparently was partially
above-ground during Stratum XIII construction and use of the Area;
objects from Stratum XIII were likely to be found in the upper
portion of A9136.

A whole juglet and a green stone pendant were found next to a large
boulder at the bottom of this rockfall.

Photo 1423

I.A9.486 7/30/87 EB III
MC 50403 Bone sample
MC 50405 Flint 50405, 50405A
MC 50406 Olive Pits Sample
I.A9.487 7/30/87 EB III (juglet)
MC 50404 Amulet Obj 1696

A9137 Str. XIIID

Small patch of beaten earth surface identified clearly only
along the North and East balks. Located approximately 1.0 m.
from the East balk and between 1.60 m. and 2.0 m. from the North
balk. At top level 481.68 m. below surface debris makeup A9135.1.
Appears to lens out to the South and West. Runs to wall A9082C,
presumably originally also to walls A9117 and A9129. Runs up to
rockfall A9136.

See Section North.

A9137.P XIIID

Pottery on surface A9137.

I.A9.494 7/2/90 EB III

A9138 Str. XIIA

Short section of drylaid fieldstone wall within South balk. Located
between 4.05 m. and 5.0 m. from the East balk and between 4.12 m.
and 5.0 m. from the North balk. At top level 482.96 m. below fill
A9073 to founding levels 482.86 m. (S) and 482.83 m. (N) above debris
A9140. Preserved two courses high and two rows wide. Set in ashy debris.
No clear connections with other walls were apparent.

Surface A9141 runs to its north face. Cut by pit in Areas 9 and 10.

I.A9.475 7/24/87 EB III
MC 50351 Bone sample
MC 50352 Flint Sample
MC 50358 Ceramic Palette Frag Sample

A9139 Str. pre XIIID

Fill debris consisting of grey and medium brown to reddish brown
soil, ash, pebbles and some mudbrick detritus. Located approximately
3.70 m. from the North balk and approximately 3.75 m. from the East
balk (excepting the area of rockfall A9136: 80 cm. from the East balk
and between approximately 75 cm. and 1.70 m. from the North balk).
At top levels 481.63 m. (SE), 481.68 m. (NE) and 481.49 m. (NW) below
debris A9135.1 (and surface A9137; see Section N) to bottom level
481.41 m. NW), 481.48 m. (SE) and 481.44 m. (SC) above surface A9145,
wall A9142 and wall A9149.

Runs to wall A9117 on the SE and wall A9129 on the Southwest and to
wall A9082C on the West. Runs up to rockfall A9136 on the Northeast.

Now includes A9143 and A9144 which have been canceled.

See Section North; East

I.A9.474 7/24/87 EB III
MC 50348 Bone sample
MC 50349 Flint 50349-1, 50349-1A
50349-2, 50349-2A
I.A9.478 7/27/87 EB III
MC 50359 Bone sample
MC 50360 Shell Sample
MC 50361 Flint Sample
MC 50365 Seed Sample
MC 50366 Faience Bead Obj 1663
I.A9.479 7/28/87 EB III
MC 50368 Bone sample
MC 50369 Shell Sample
MC 50370 Flint 50370-1, 50370-1A
50370-2, 50370-2A
MC 50371 Seed Sample
MC 50372 Blade Flake 50372, 50372A
MC 50373 Bronze Pin Obj 1675
MC 50374 Stone Spoon Obj 1676
I.A9.480 7/29/87 EB III
MC 50375 Bone sample
MC 50376 Shell Sample
MC 50377 Flint 50377-1, 50377-1A
50377-2, 50377-2A
MC 50382 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50383 Soil Sample
MC 50384 Spindle whorl Obj. 1695
MC 50385 Blade Frag 50385-1, 50385-1A, 50385-1B, 50385-1C
50385-2, 50385-2A
MC 50386 Flint Blade 50386, 50386A
MC 50411 Quern Frag Sample
I.A9.481 7/29/87 EB III
MC 50378 Bone sample
MC 50380 Flint Sample
MC 50381 Olive Pit Sample
I.A9.482 7/29/87 EB III
MC 50387 Bone sample
MC 50388 Shell Sample
MC 50389 Flint Sample
MC 50390 Ballista Frag 50390, 50390A
MC 50391 Quern Frag Sample
MC 50392 Soil Sample
MC 50393 Soil Sample
MC 50394 Fan Scraper Sample
MC 50395 Olive Pits Sample
MC 50396 Blade Frag 50396-1, 50396-1A
50396-2, 50396-2A
50396-3, 50396-3A
I.A9.483 7/30/87 EB III
MC 50397 Bone Sample
MC 50398 Flint Sample
MC 50399 Bone Point Obj 1697
MC 50401 Shell Sample
MC 50402 Olive Pit Sample

A9140 Str. pre XIIA

Artificial locus of debris beneath wall A9138. Located between
4.10 m. and 5.0 m. from the East balk and between 4.0 m. and 5.0 m.
from the North balk. At top level 482.96 m. below wall A9138 to
bottom level 482.85 m. (not excavated below). Consists of grey ashy
debris.

I.A9.476 7/24/87 EB III
MC 50350 Bone sample
MC 50353 Shell Sample
MC 50354 Flint Sample
MC 50355 Olive Pit Sample
MC 50358 Palette Obj. 1653
I.A9.488 7/30/87 EB III
MC 50413 Flint Sample
MC 50415 Shell Sample
MC 50416 Bone Sample

A9141 Canceled; combined with A9077.

A9141.1 Canceled; combined with A9077.1

A9142 Str. XIVABC

Curving fieldstone wall incompletely exposed. Located between
13 cm. and 3.43 m. from the East balk and between 75 cm. and
1.30 m. from the South balk (at 75 cm. from the West balk), and
between 1.87 m. and 2.15 m. from the South balk (at 1.25 m. from
the East balk), and between 1.0 m. and 1.23 m. from the South balk
(at 25 cm. from the East balk). At top levels 481.52 m. (E),
481.47 m. (C) and 481.84 m. (W) below debris A9139. It is one
row wide (ca. 35 cm.) Three courses were exposed by the end of
the 1987 season.

Its western end encloses cooking hearth A9147. Surface A9145
and surface A9148 run to its North face.

The curving line of this wall had been detected by the GPR unit
when it was used in area A9.

See Photo 1459, A9142; Plan A9 Stratum XIVA, A9 Stratum XIVB

A9143 Canceled; combined with A9139

A9144 Canceled; combined with A9139

A9145 Str. XIVA

Patchy beaten earth surface traced over most of the area.
Located 3.15 m. from the East balk (at the North balk line)
and 3.92 m. from the North balk (at 2.0 m. from the East balk line).
At top levels 481.32 m. (N), 481.37 m. (S) below debris A9139,
debris A9131.1, rockfall A9136 and above debris A9145.1.

Runs to the both North and South faces of wall A9142. Runs to
the East and West faces of mudbrick wall A9149.

See Section North; Plan A9 Stratum XIVA

A9145.P Str. XIVA

Material on surface A9145.

I.A9.493 7/2/90 no pottery
MC 50431 bone tool Obj. 1738

A9145.1 Str. XIVA

Debris of surface A9145. Located 2.20 m. from the South balk (at
2.0 m. from the East balk) and 3.95 m. from the East balk (at 1.25
m. from the South balk). At top levels 481.32 m. (N), 481.37 m. (S)
below surface A9145 to bottom levels 481.30 m. (W), 481.12 m. (E)
above surface A9148 and cooking platform A9147. Not excavated below
North of wall A9142.

Matrix consists of brown to grey soil with significant inclusions
of ash and some pebble. In the area around the cooking platform A9147
there was substantial ash both above and below the cobbles of the
installation. Runs to both the South and North faces of wall A9142.

Includes now A9146 which has been canceled.

I.A9.484 7/30/87 EB III
MC 50409 Bone sample
MC 50410 Flint Sample
MC 50412 Flint Blades 50412-1, 50412-1A
50412-2, 50412-2A
MC 50414 Soil Sample
MC 50417 Olive Pits Sample
I.A9.489 7/31/87 EB III
MC 50418 Bone sample
MC 50419 Flint Sample
MC 50424 Shell Sample
MC 50425 Olive Pits Sample
I.A9.490 7/31/87 EB III
MC 50420 Bone sample
MC 50421 Shell Sample
MC 50422 Flint 50422-1, 50422-1A
50422-2, 50422-2A
MC 50423 Olive Pits Sample
MC 50426 Stone Bowl Frag Sample

A9146 Canceled; combined with A9145.1

A9147 Str. XIVC

Stone installation south of wall A9142. Located between 15 cm.
and 1.12 m. from the South balk and between 1.63 m. and 2.77 m.
from the East balk. At top level 481.11 m. below surface debris
A9145.1. Not excavated below. It was in use with surface A9148.

This installation is well constructed of flat cobblestones averaging
3 cm. to 5 cm. in thickness. Runs to the South face of wall A9142 at
its west end. The large quantity of ash in the debris above and
adjacent to this installation as well as the similarity to
installations identified as cooking platforms at Arad identify
this as a hearth or cooking platform.

See Photo 1459, A9147; Plan A9 Stratum XIVB

A9148 Str. XIVC

Beaten earth surface to wall A9142 and cooking platform A9147.
Located between 55 cm. and 1.37 m. from the East balk and between
approximately 27 cm. and 1.85 m. from the South balk. At top level
481.11 m. below debris makeup A9145.1 and above debris A9148.1.

Runs to the South face of wall A9142. Runs to cooking platform A9147.

See Section North; Plan A9 Stratum XIVB

A9148.1 Str. XIVC

Debris of surface A9148. For location and dimensions see A9148 above.
At top level 481.11 m. below surface A9148 to bottom level 481.05 m.
Not excavated below.

Matrix consists of loose medium brown soil and grey ash with a few
pebbles. Runs to wall A9142 on the North.

I.A9.491 7/31/87 EB III
MC 50427 Olive Pits Sample
MC 50428 Bone sample
MC 50429 Flint Sample

A9149 Str. XIVAB

Mudbrick wall observed only after cleaning surface A9145. Located
between 1.35 m. and 1.60 m. from the East balk and 1.50 m. from the
North balk. At top level 481.29 m. (N), 481.34 m. (S) below debris
A9139. Not excavated below. Seen in Section (N) its top elevation
is 481.62 m.

Surface A9145 runs to its East face and to its West face.

See Section North; Plan A9 Stratum XIVA

A9150 Str. XIVAB

Drylaid fieldstone wall located within the East balk. Located between
4.37 m. and 5.0 m. from the West balk (at 1.50 m. from the North balk)
and between 4.0 m. and 4.70 m. from the West balk (at the North balk);
2.30 m. from the North balk. At top level 481.49 m. below debris A9125.

Not removed hence no founding level. As exposed wall A9150 is four rows
wide (approximately 62 cm.) and seven courses high (approximately 1.20 m.).
It slopes down from North to South. Although a connection was not clearly
established, surface A9145 was almost certainly in use with wall A9150.

See Section North; Plan A9 Stratum XIVA

I.A9.492 7/30/87 NO POTTERY
MC 50430 Small Blade Core Sample

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