Not much to report today, as we continue to gradually peel away the layers of post-palace demolition rubble and landscaping deposits.

We removed the coarse rubble 'tumble' from both trenches 1 and 2 to reveal the pebble-rich layer beneath.

As with yesterday, progress in Trench 2 is slightly ahead of Trench 1 and we were able to record and begin removing the pebble deposit, which has come down at the east end of Trench 2 onto a layer of fairly uniform brickearth.

Although this is not quite what we expected, early indications suggest this deposit might not be very deep and may have yet more rubble (and hopefully structure!) beneath it.

Meanwhile similar work continued in Trench 1 removing the pebble-rich layer and eventually revealed a widespread deposit of much less coarse and quite mortar-rich rubble.

It will probably be another day or two before we get through these post-palace layers, but the signs are good for an underlying structure.

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