J2f359

File: /MZ/A/J02/D/F/0359.HTM
Processed on 06-09-2016
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Labeling/Designation
Label equals another 2009-8-19cJC f373
Category 2009-8-1!! surface
Definition 2009-8-1cJC floor
Summary 2009-9-9cJC Salmon-colored floor covering the whole area in front of the apron ( f131). It is cut by erosion in front of the apron but presumably continued up to the base of the apron. Might be the first floor associated with the construction of the apron. It is a reddish orange color in section and gray with reddish patches when viewed from the top. It is hard with a smooth surface.
Best image 2009-9-9 cJC

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Description/Count
Description 2009-8-2cJC This feature was first identified in the west section of k100 in front of the stairs f130. It is a very dramatic salmon-color. When we came down from the top, however, the color was more patchy but still distinctive. f359 slopes up and abuts the bottom visible stone of the apron f131.
2009-8-20cJC This layer had a hard and relatively smooth surface where the surface was preserved. The layers above separate easily when using the trowel or when using only the pick and the brush. f359 extends across k110, k5 and k15. It is about 10 cm thick and is only salmon-colored when scraped, otherwise it mostly looks gray from the surface. Although originally we thought it sloped up to abut the apron it is heavily damaged and difficult to tell. There is a portion of the salmon floor visible in the west section of k100 that comes up to the apron ( f131) and there is a small portion of a red layer near the apron in k4 which may either be a remaining portion of f359 or possibly part of the redder layer under f359 ( f348, f379).

Recovery/Assignment and the Record
Daily 2009-8-13cJC Today we removed this feature in k110. It was very hard and when picked it came off in chunks. We did not recover that many sherds. At 7:30 in the morning mKB and hQ came to review our pottery and they said that it appears from the few sherds we have that probably a provisional date of EDIII can be suggested for f359.
Argument 2009-8-2cJC We have discussed the possibility of f359 being the layer associated with the construction of the apron ( f131) and the second staircase ( f130). fAB argues that it may be possible as f359 laps up against the last visible stair of the apron ( f131). pC thinks the first layer may be lower based on comparisons with the oblique stone east of the staircase ( f130) in J6.
2009-8-13cJC It is likely that f359 is not the first floor associated with the construction of the apron ( f131) for two reasons. First, there are accumulations underneath ( f369, f378) that slope up to the bottom stones of the apron which could not happen if they were cut to place the apron. Second, mKB provisionally dated the materials in the floor to EDIII and we expect an EDII date for the construction.

Volumetric localization
Locus 2009-8-1cJC k110
2009-9-2cJC k15
2009-9-2cJC k5
Elevation 2009-8-1cJC 8728 @bottom
2009-8-1cJC 8743 @top

Contact association
Type of contact: Latest events 2009-8-8cJC f365 (floor D) covers f359
2009-8-20cJC f357 (floor D) overlays f359
2009-8-20cJC f358 (lense A) overlays f359
2009-8-8cJC f367 (lense A) overlays f359
2009-8-20cJC f366 (erosion cut) cuts f359
2009-8-19cJC f376 (erosion cut) cuts f359
Type of contact: Contemporary events/Movable items 2009-8-13cJC q889 sits in f359
Type of contact: Earliest events 2009-8-13cJC f359 covers f377 (lense A)
2009-8-19cJC f359 overlays f369 (floor C)
Inclusions 06-09-2016 !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time sequencing
Stratum to which element belongs 2011-11-11cJC s630J2B
Phase to which stratum belongs 2011-11-11cJC h3pJ2B
Stratigraphic reasons 2009-9-16cJC Dated to transitional EDIIIA-B based on ceramics and connections with the apron.
Typological reasons 2009-9-18mKB q889- p6 jar or bowl of heavy clay brownish-red exterior with clay that is not well mixed, cchaff with sub-round holes, the whole rim section is not preserved; q889- p1 bowl with pointed rim and folded toward the interior, red clay with calcite inclusions covered with a thick greenish-yellow slip, both interior and exterior, smoothed interior and exterior; q889- p11 fine green rounded base with prominent wheel marks both inside and outside; - p8, - p9, - p12 small cups with sand and calcite temper; - p3 small bowl or cup with beaded rim, small amount of chaff, greenish-yellow surface color. This type of beaded rim bowls are found in Late Ninevite V through the Early Dynastic III periods.
Other reasons 2009-9-18mKB this feature as well as J2 f357 are transitional between Phases 3s and 4c (in traditional terms early and late ED III, ie ED IIIA and ED IIIB) because they have elements in the ceramics that are characteristic for both periods. In this respect the typology resembles in J1 the fills below the earliest escarpment (J1 f329, f341, f345, f347, f354)
2011-5-16cJC Dated to EDIII based on ceramics and connections with the apron.
2011-11-21cJC It appears that this feature is associated with the construction of the flanking wall f127. It may represent a purposefully laid floor designed to perserve and protect the area in front of the apron. The exact connections to f127 are not clear as there is a baulk at the base of the wall and additionallly f359 is damaged by erosion close to the base of the apron ( f131).
I99.NTime 2009-9-18mKB 3s-4c

Descriptive
Ware/Material 2009-8-1cJC clay
Color definition 2009-8-1cJC orange
2009-8-3cJC Yellowish red
Color number 2009-8-1cJC 5YR5/6
2009-8-2cJC 5YR7/3
2009-8-3cJC 5YR5/6 wet
Hardness 2009-8-1cJC hard
Texture 2009-8-1cJC compact

Analogical record
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Disposition
Removed 2009-9-2cJC compact
2009-9-2cJC compact