Place: Ar/Ge.T44.13

As with loci 10 and 12, this locus refers to the dark grey silt west of locus 3 and east of locus 12. It is characterized by the same moderately compact, poorly sorted sediment that contains some small rock inclusions. The locus was originally created to "ramp" down from locus 3 to locus 12, in search of the tanish sediment detected in locus 3, but the latter never emerged, and thus the locus was leveled, eliminating the ramp. While there is no evident change in matrix, I closed the locus to turn attention to the area of locus 3. In looking at the section created by locus 13, and observing the start of the second course of the wall designated locus 6, it is now clear that locus 3 is not a floor deposit, and in fact appears to be much the same matrix as locus 13 (it is possible that what appeared to be a different, tannish surface was the result of prolonged drying in the area of locus 3, as our efforts turned elsewhere). The shape of locus 13 was also fairly triangular, as with locus 10, with the wider part (1m) in the southern part of the trench -- specifically close to the western half of locus 6 (the east-west wall). The northern part of this context (.50m) abuts locus 9 (the cluster of stones in the NW corner). The locus was excavated by both trowel and shovel.