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Introduction
The strata definition currently in use for A16 is labeled AAH. It was established in 2016 to correlate the AA sequence with the MZA and JPD sequences currently in use for the other books. Prior to the establishment of the AAH sequence, A16 was using the AAC sequence established in September 17, 2001. The AAC sequence for A16 is preserved here. The full strata and phase sequences including correlations across books are given in the MZ sitewide book.
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The strata definition chart (AAH)
| phase | stratum | definition of stratum |
| 9s | 10 | Topsoil |
| 20 | Mixed and volumentric features | |
| 30 | Mixed and volumentric features | |
| 8 | No phase 8 material recovered from A16 | |
| 7 | No phase 7 material recovered from A16 | |
| 6v | 230 | Brickfall |
| 6m | 235 240 244 245 246 |
Abadonment Accumulations Accumulations in house burials House tumuli burials (a9, a6) Floors associated with burials |
6h | 250 255 | Accumulations in burials Burials |
6c | 260 265 270 280 285 |
Scattered accumulations and pits Dumping in depression Early dumping in depression Square pit burials (a16) Small pits/extramural accumulation |
| 5c |
380 390 |
first reshaping of surface after abandonment of Palace Collapse of palace |
| 4m | 490 | jar smash; thin accumulations in paved Palace courtyard |
| 4k | 510 | Use of pavement in Palace. |
| 4j | 530 | Construction of stone pavement in Palace. Construction of baked brick sub-pavement |
| 4f | 540 | [Alternative date for construction of sub-pavement] |
| 4c | pre-Palace evidence | |
| material from later cuts |
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