7/10/2013
Got elevations across the trench today, and drew some of the smaller stones (exact points are in the map for July 11th).
Sahag, Vartaan (for Gor), Gago, and Melkon (for Boris), plus Artur, worked in locus 24, bringing it down and level.
Locus 24 top elevations (both at the NE edge of the locus, near the center of the trench):
-136.0 (from datum 1)
-130.9 (from datum 1)
Locus 22 top elevations (all datum 2):
N stone: -155.0 cm
E soil: -162.3 cm
S stone: -162.8 cm
Locus 24 bottom elevations:
N corner: -145.7 (d1)
E corner: -181.5 cm (d2)
Center: -149.0 cm (d1)
S corner: -174.5 cm (d2)
W corner: -153.0 cm (d1)
Locus 28 is stratum 3; it was screened.
Locus 28 top elevations:
N: -129.0 cm (d1)
E: 171.5 (d2)
C: -130.4 cm (d1)
S: -172.5 cm (d2)
W: -142.3 cm (d1)
Locus 26 is the set of small-medium stones in the E corner of the room (just before the SE wall, locus 5).
Locus 26 top elevations (all datum 2):
“column base” stone: -153.5 cm
small stones near locus 5: -160.5 cm
small stones, leaving the circle of medium stones: -162.1 cm
Locus 27 top elevations (all datum 2):
Near NE wall: -164.3 cm
Center: -159.4 cm
Near locus 25: -155.6 cm
Locus 25 top elevation: -156.3 cm (from datum 2)
Sahag, Ardzrun, and Vartaan dug locus 28, while Nareg and Artur screened it.
In going through locus 28, we broke through the floor quickly in the N corner. After removing minimal earth in the rest of locus 28, including some of the ramp, we began to more cautiously scrape the remainder of locus 28 (which was difficult to do—we continued to accidentally break through the floor across locus 28). We did not finish locus 28 today.
We began excavating locus 27 as well, also screening. We did a little cleaning of locus 30 and identified locus 29, within it, and tried to establish its boundaries. Locus 29 is between the floor stones, a dark soil, with some charcoal, at the edge of a cluster of stones.