Fayum Field School 2004 Reports

                                          Excavation Trenches

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01

Mohsen Kamel

Afifi Rohayem

Original Coordinates:

NW 80 N / 1020 E
 NE 80 N / 1026 E
SE 74 N / 1026 E
SW 74 N / 1020 E

Expanded Coordinates:

NW 80 N / 1020 E
NE 80 N / 1026 E
SE 75 N / 1026 E
SW 75 N / 1020 E

This is a 6 x 6 m. trench located in the south west edge of the site. Several mudbrick walls, storage bins, and well-made floors were located subsurface, with steps leading down, as was as a small oven.
Magnetic survey map indicated the presence of substantial walls  for a large building.
02

Mohsen Kamel

Kandace Pansire


NW 60 N / 1040 E

NE 60 N / 1045 E
SE 55 N / 1045 E
SW 55 N / 1040 E
This is a 5 x 5 m. trench located just southeast of trench 01.  Several eroded mudbrick walls, firing areas and a great deal of iron fragments and iron staining of the soil indicate metal working in this area.

Dark circular anomalies on magnetic survey map indicated possible presence of kilns.