Palace courtyard
Overview of the A16 built environment
May 2010 - G. Buccellati
Updated September 2014 - C. Chaves Yates
Concepts
Structures
Use areas
Installations
Loose materials
Concepts
For a definition of the categories of the built environment see the relevant chapter in the Grammar.
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Structures
The only major structure in A16 belongs to the phase of the Tupkish Palace: the southwestern portion of the Palace courtyard.
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Use areas
Overall, five different use areas have been identified, spanning the various time-periods of A16. The use areas include the courtyard, a dumping area, open area with pits, a necropolis and small room with street.
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Installations
The earliest installation is the baked brick layer underneath the Palace, which may be understood as the cover of an underground space.
No installations were found in concomitance with the Palace courtyard proper, but a tannur was found in the immediately subsequent phase (Tar'am-Agade).
Several installations were identified in the phases post-dating the use of the Palace including storage, trash and other shallow pits, built-up burials, pit and jar graves as well as tannurs. Each is discussed independently under Installations
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Loose materials
The majority of the elements in A16 are loose materials, in particular the layers of Palace collapse, the accumulations and fills covering the area, and the large brickfall.
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