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Area F
Trench 6 lay in an area disturbed in late medieval (?) times by the building of a house. In a stratum beginning about 25 cm. below the floor of this house several courses of a broad wall were found which Daniel believed may have belonged to the Geometric period; and near this, to the north, another wall. The date of these walls remains in doubt since no foundation trenches were discovered nor any good ancient floor levels preserved.
A. The only quite pure Bronze Age deposit to be isolated anywhere (with the exception of Tomb 2 at bedrock [handwritten: ✓]) was pit #4 in the south part of the trench at bedrock. This contained 4 coarse sherds of LC II-III type. Pit #2, running up against the north wall, [handwritten: and S77] contained only nondescript corase ware. In red earth, on which the southernmost of the two abovementioned walls rested, were found: 90% plain (pithoi, h-m, 78 PWM II) G 19 4 sherds BS Buchero (2 definitely Iron Age:intrusive?) 4 " LC III Dec. 2 " Wash 1 " WS I 1 " BR 3 " RP This level was listed as LC IIIA in AJA 45 (1941),p.272.
B. Pit #1, between the north and south walls, contained: 80% plain (includes 1 sherd Plain White) 2 sherds Wash 1 " Light burnished 1 " Burnished slip 1 " RP 1 " WhP I
C. The sherds from the stratum in which was found the southernmost of the two walls (stratum above A) were:
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain