Locus Summary Area C8
Locus Stratum Description/Artifacts
C8001 Str. I
Slope wash debris located in the 1983 season 5 m. from the West balk
and between 2 m. and 5 m.from the North balk at top level 480.73 m. to
bottom level 479.47 m. .above C8005.. ,C8002, C80.03" C8010. Consists
of silt, brick detritus, stones, etc. In the 1983 season the entire area
had been recovered by slope wash since first excavated.
I.C8.4
MC 4156 terracotta marble Obj. 322
I.C8.5 7/13/83 EB, LB, Iron II
MC 28001 Bone sample
MC 28002 Lithic sample
MC 28003 Shell sample
I.C8.6 7/13/83 EB, LB, Iron II
MC 28004 Bone sample
MC 28005 Lithic sample
MC 28006 Shell sample
I.C8.7 7/14/83 EB, LB, Iron II
MC 28007 Bone sample
MC 28008 Lithic sample
MC 28009 Shell sample
I.C8.8 7/14/83 EB, LB
MC 28010 Lithic sample
MC 28011 Shell sample
I.C8.11 7/18/83 EB, LB, Iron II, BYZ
MC 28014 Bone sample
MC 28015 Lithic sample
MC 28016 Shell sample
I.C8.13 7/18/83 EB, LB, Iron II, BYZ
MC 28019 Lithic sample
MC 28020 Shell sample
I.C8.19 7/20/83 No Pottery
MC 28038 Grinding Stone Discard
I.C8.34 7/27/83 LB
MC 28074 Lithic sample
C8002 Str. XV
Wall
C8003 Str. XV
Brick superstructure on C8002
C8004 Str. XV
Plaster
C8005 Str. I
Brick detritus washed over the tops of walls C8002. C8010. This tell
wash deposit was distinguishable from the one above C8001 by its
compaction and brick composition. Located 2 m. from. the South balk
and 1.6 m. fromt he West balk at top level 480.58 m. below C8001 to
479.81 m. above C8002 and C8003.
This deposit appears to be have been made over a long period of time,
probably by rain.
I.C8.9 7/14/83 EB, LB
MC 28012 Lithic sample
MC 28013 Shell sample
I.C8.10 7/18/83 EB II, EB III
MC 28017 Lithic sample
MC 28018 Shell sample
I.C8.12 7/18/83 EB, Iron II
MC 28021 Lithic sample
MC 28022 Shell sample
I.C8.15 7/19/83 EB, LB, BYZ
MC 28023 Flint Blade 28023, 28023A
MC 28024 Lithic sample
MC 28025 Shell sample
I.C8.17 7/19/83 LB, Iron II
MC 28032 Bone sample
MC 28033 Lithic sample
MC 28034 Shell sample
I.C8.26 7/22/83 EB
MC 28053 Bone sample
MC 28054 Lithic sample
MC 28055 Shell sample
I.C8.28 7/22/83 EB, LB II
MC 28058 Bone sample
MC 28059 Lithic sample
MC 28060 Shell sample
MC 28068 Shell sample
I.C8.30 7/25/83 EB, Iron II
MC 28062 Bone sample
MC 28063 Lithic sample
MC 28064 Shell sample
I.C8.31 7/25/83 EB III, LB(2)
MC 28065 Lithic Blade Obj. 1058
MC 28066 Bone sample
MC 28067 Lithic sample
MC 28075 Incised Sherd Obj. 1093
C8006 Str. I
Slope wash debris located next to curved wall C8010 (because of
the anomaly of this wall the debris that filled in front of wall
C8010 has been arbitrarily kept separate.) Located up to 1.4 m.
from the East balk and between 20 cm. and 2 m. from the South
balk at top level 479.09 m. below debris C8001 to bottom level
478.11 above C8009. Contains silt, brick detritus, boulders and
cobbles (general slope wash debris).
The deposition of this debris suggests that wall C8010 may have been
an open, lined pit built into the earlier wall C8002.
See Section East.
I.C8.14 7/19/83 EB, LB, Iron II, PER, BYZ
MC 28026 Bone sample
MC 28027 lithic sample
MC 28028 Shell sample
I.C8.16 7/19/83 EB, LB, Iron II, PER, BYZ
MC 28029 Bone sample
MC 28030 Lithic sample
MC 28031 Shell sample
I.C8.18 7/20/83 LB, Iron II, Byz
MC 28035 Bone sample
MC 28036 Lithic sample
MC 28037 Shell sample
I.C8.20 7/20/83 LB, Iron II, BYZ
MC 28039 Cowrie Shell Photo, PhotoA
MC 28040 Bone sample
MC 28041 Lithic sample
MC 28042 Shell sample
I.C8.21 7/21/83 EB, LB, Iron II, BYZ.
MC 28043 Lithic sample
MC 28044 Shell sample
I.C8.22 7/21/83 EB
MC 28045 Lithic sample
MC 28046 Shell sample
I.C8.23 7/21/83 EB, Iron II, PER, BYZ
MC 28047 Bone sample
MC 28048 Lithic sample
MC 28049 Shell sample
I.C8.24 7/22/83 EB, Iron II, HELL
MC 28050 Lithic sample
MC 28051 Shell sample
I.C8.27 7/22/83 EB, LB, Iron II, HELL
MC 28056 Lithic sample
MC 28057 Shell sample
I.C8.29 7/25/83 EB, LB, BYZ(1)
MC 28061 Lithic sample
C8007 Canceled; combined with C8006
C8008 Str. post XV
Layer of ash on bricks of Stratum XV wall C8002. Located between 4.40 m.
and 5 m. from the North balk and between 1.45 and 1.9 m. from the East
balk at top level 479.99 m. below debris C8001 to bottom level 479.94 m.
above C8002. This small deposit of ash and silt probably represents part of
the erosion of Stratum XV during its abandonment (either prior to
construction of Stratum XIV or Post XV )
I.C8.25 7/22/83 EB III
MC 28052 Shell sample
C8009 Str. VI??
Surface of boulders and cobbles at the preoumed base of wall C8010. Here treated
as the "surface" corresponding to the use of C8010. The boulders and cobbles
form a rough surface, which could have been used as the bottom of a deep storage
pit. Located between 15 cm and 2 m. from the South balk and up to 1.5 m. from
the East balk at top level 478.06 m. below debris C8006 and above C8009.1.
Runs to wall C8010.
See Section East.
C8009.1 Str. VI??
Debris of surface C8009. For dimensions and location see C8009 above. Runs to wall
C8010. Consists of limestone boulders and cobbles in a matrix of dark brown
soil.
I.C8.32 7/26/83 EB
MC 28069 Soil with Seeds sample
MC 28070 Lithic sample
MC 28071 shell sample
I.C8.33 7/26/83 LB, Iron II
MC 28072 Lithic sample
MC 28073 Shell sample
C8010 Str. VI??
Curved and tapering wall of boulder and cobblesized stones, apparently
dry-laid. Possibly at the lower levels two walls meeting at an obtuse
angle. Located (as exposed) 2 m. from the South balk and 2.65 m. from
the East balk at top level 479.49 m. below debris C8001 to (as so far
exposed) a depth of 477.98 m. (not excavated below).
Function and identification of this locus is not known. It may have been
a lined pit from a period much later than the EB Str XV (against whose wall
it is located), or it may be a curved rebuild of a section of the Str XV
fortification wall that had collapsed.
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