J2f381

File: /MZ/A/J02/D/F/0381.HTM
Processed on 06-09-2016
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Labeling/Designation
Category 2009-8-12!! build-up
Definition 2009-8-12cJC mud.HTM" TARGET=C3>mud mud
Summary 2009-9-9cJC Mud layer with impressions in it. Probably created by pooling of water in front of the apron.
Best image 2009-9-9 cJC

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Description/Count
Description 2009-8-13cJC Hard gray surface. It has impressions in it implying it was a muddy wet surface that allowed pawprints to be imprinted in it. It is a level surface, with a slight slope down from the north near to the apron ( f131) towards the south. The surface is relatively uneven with impressions and slight rises in it.

Recovery/Assignment and the Record
Daily 2009-8-13cJC We found a pawprint of what is probably a dog in this feature. We photographed it as we found it and also after filling it in with powder to see if it would photograph better.
2009-8-15cJC After discovering human footprints in this feature we have decided not to excavate it. We photographed the impressions and then decided with fAB to make plaster casts of the prints. After trying several different combinations we settled on a process using a wood frame, baby powder covering the dirt and then filling the frame with gypsum plaster. We tested the process and it seems to work fine to we took a cast of one print. We are still awaiting the final results but the initial result was a clear print. We may have a problem with the baby powder clinging to the dirt in the excavation area.
2009-8-16cJC Today we found three human footprints impressed in f381 in addition to the animal print we had already found. We photographed the prints and took plaster casts. Only one plaster cast really turned out so we stopped casting them and decided to backfill until next year.
2009-8-30cJC We removed the backfill covering f381 today. We removed the backfill using brushes, small wooden skewers and a tootbrush. We will rephotograph the human footprints and try and take more casts.

Volumetric localization
Locus 2009-8-12cJC k110
Elevation 2009-8-12cJC 8719 @top

Contact association
Type of contact: Latest events 2009-8-13cJC f379 (floor B) covers f381
2009-8-13cJC f379 (floor B) overlays f381
Inclusions 06-09-2016 !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time sequencing
Stratum to which element belongs 2011-11-11cJC s640J2B
Phase to which stratum belongs 2011-11-11cJC h3nJ2B
Stratigraphic reasons 2009-9-16cJC Accumulation above the presumed first floor associated with apron
Other reasons 2011-5-16cJC Accumulation above the presumed first floor associated with apron
2011-11-21cJC Above f392 which is presumed first floor but under f359 which belongs to the construction of the flanking wall f127

Descriptive
Ware/Material 2009-8-12cJC clay
Color definition 2009-8-12cJC gray
Hardness 2009-8-12cJC hard
Texture 2009-8-12cJC smooth surface

Analogical record
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Disposition
Storage 2009-8-12cJC Not removed