In the western chamber (Locus 8), we cleaned in order to photograph the in-situ pots and bones. The shape of the pit in the western chamber is roughly rectangular with rounded corners. The bronze object is a framework Near Eastern-style bronze sword (Ar/Ge.K2.8.M.01). After photographing and mapping the pots, we began to remove the bones (large mammal ribs, a pair of sheep/goat humerii). Underneath these was another layer of bones (more large mammal ribs, a sheep/goat scapula, part of a [bos?] humerus). Cleaning them revealed the rim of another pot below the level of the exposed vessels. We then removed the whole vessels (Loci 13, 14, 19, 21, 22) and the bronze sword. Underneath Loci 13 and 14, was the top of another vessel.
In the central chamber, we began by troweling out the clay lining the eastern wall of the chamber, in an attempt to find the contour. We then decided to expand the lower level northward by ~20 cm, to define the contour. While cleaning above the level of the dagger (M.02) in the NE corner of the lower part, we found some phalanges (likely human). Shortly after, we found some articulated human remains (possibly a radius and ulna) just NW of the dagger (M.02). We then decided to take the northern half of the locus down to the level of the southern half, and in doing so, we found the contour of the pit in the bedrock. While removing rocks from the northern part, as we were coming down to the level of the southern half, we found another bronze dagger (Ar/Ge.K2.18.M.03) at a depth of 2211.083 masl. The dagger was at an angle, with the upper end resting on soil and the lower end resting just above a rock, which is part of the possible wall dividing Locus 18 into two halves N-S.
This wall only has two courses, just above the level of the bronze dagger and human remains. There are gaps in the wall (see photos and sketch), one of which has a vertebra sticking out of the profile. Resting up against the wall is a humerus. To the northeast of the dagger (M.02), but south of the possible wall, we found the skull, phalanges, and a long bone, but did not expose them entirely (see photos and sketch).
Cleaning, we realized that the first piece of bronze we found yesterday (Ar/Ge.K2.18.M.01) is a bronze belt associated with the dagger (Ar/Ge.K2.18.M.02). The first dagger is an Early Iron Age style, whereas the second dagger we found is transitional MB/LB. Going down in the SW corner of the locus, we discovered the top parts of two vessels (both Early Iron Age). At the end of the day, we photographed the situation in the central chamber and removed the two daggers (M.02 and M.03).