Thursday 28/6/12
Field Notes/Touring/Pottery Washing/ No Lecture
FN:
Area-C
Square- KK21
4:00 -Wake
4:29-Load Bus
4:43- Bus Departs
5:15ish-Bus Arrives
5:20-Begin to Dig
We began in Area C as always. I continued in my square of KK21 at about 5:20am. The sun was still low and the light was dim and the air was cool. We continued where we left of yesterday. The morning progressed slowly but by the time it was “Coffee Break” we had worked up to a more hastened pace. All of the digging, scraping, and removing resulted in little pottery finds as compared to other mornings but the number of rock and bucket chains rivaled yesterday for sure. But we did discover more about our square, moreover, Area C is proving to be quite interesting on the whole.
For example, we discovered that the rubble and collapsed rock walls where most likely not a wall but fill from the Hellenistic period. On the bed rock we unearthed jar handles and rims as well as a tabun (oven) on the border of KK21 and JJ21.
We may reach the Iron Age soon, perhaps at the beginning of the next week. Also we left a handle and profile of a jar/vessel “in-situ” because Thursdays are our short days. We toured after having lunch on the site at about 1:30. We cleaned up at 12:05 instead of 12:45.
TN:
We toured the two sites of Socho and Tel Azeka as a group to learn about biblical archaeology and the geology of the region. The tour was very informal but very informative as well as visually stunning/breathe taking. We got an orientation about the site and got to wonder and see to get more info about the location after site seeing. The main conversation was concerning Judea and the geo-political experience during various time periods. After both tours were done we straight back to the bus after climbing the Mountain that is Socho! We washed pottery at about 5:30.
PW:
Washing was very hot, we didn’t have time to shower until after pottery wash. We began at about 5:30 rather than 4:30. We showered and ate dinner. There was no lecture so we prepped for our weekend of touring the North. Akko will be great.
NOW COMES DOWN TIME & SLEEP!