7/9/2013
We will take locus 21 (the elevated section in the center of the operation) down to level with the surrounding area, screening.
Today Sahag, Gor, and Gago were here and Melkon was working for Boris. Gor and Sahag were on rock breaking duty, so Gago and Melkon were in charge of removing locus 21. EH lent me Vartaan, so he is cleaning the SW wall. I cleaned the SE wall while Melkon and Gago finished locus 21. Then Haik (from LK/EAF) helped clean the dirt that was produced by wall cleaning.
Once the final rocks in locus 10 were broken, we finished that locus, taking it down to level with the rest of the trench.
Locus 22 (new) was between loci 21 and 5. The plan was to take this down 20 cm, or leveled, where there were already divets, however, when Sahag began digging, we immediately found a high concentration of pottery sherds, white soil, and a possible bounding of rocks. So locus 22 is only the E corner, before locus 5 is reached.
Locus 23 (new) is the ramp, some of which was removed through and after rock breaking. A single sherd is all that was found there.
Locus 24 is the SW half of the room, which we are removing at least 20 cm from.