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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace - Version 1a

A20-strata description

Processed on 2024-11-15


Date Author Record
2008-09-14 lR The strata has been assigned using the JPC strata sequence. In summary starting from the latest event includes: the topsoil level (s2), the latest Mittani occupation which includes scattered small stone installations and sherd pavements (s11), abandonment and collapse f27 (s12b), late Mittani occupation that reused the space but possibly changed the function of the area into an outdoor area (s12a), middle Mittani occupation that directly reused earlier structures and raised the floor levels inside (s14), early Mittani occupation includes the construction of the buildings and pavements (s15), and the earliest Mittani strata (s19) that is still tentative but includes the deepest structure in elevation, a5, which one can argue belongs to either s15 or s19. [Input: S914LR.j]