Unit Book J2
J2 Synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Phase 3jJ2B within Unit J2

Caitlin Chaves Yates – November 2011

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Overview

Phase 3jJ2B is the last Ninevite 5 floors in J2 before the early EDIII continued use and floors. This phase is known from the lower pebble pavements in k100. It is a period of continued use in front of the lower staircase.

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Installations

The main installations of this phase are the pebble pavements. They are composed of pebbles, sherds and other inclusions. They are part of a continued sequence of walking surfaces south of the first staircase.

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Objects

This phase was defined based on the presence of undecorated Ninevite 5 shapes and sherds with template lines.

Only three objects were recovered from these levels, and of those objects two were small metal pins or nails (q715.1,q715.2).

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