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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace - Version 1a

A20f112

Processed on 2024-11-15

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2008-08-16 lR pavement, type c [Input: S824LC.j]
Best image 2008-08-17 !!
v90 [Input: S824LC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-08-31 lC Pavement exposed for about 400 cm north to south and for 100 cm east to west. It is constituted of pottery sherds, mostly body sherds averaging 5-6 cm in size with some sherds until 10 cm. Between these sherds just few show a painted decoration with horizontal bands. Numerous also the pebbles, usually 1-3 cm in length, and bigger pieces of stone, between which some fragments of basalt grinding stone, reused secondarily in the pavement. Numerous also the bones, particularly a skull of a small animal and a horn. It is a well built pavement of type c. better than the pavement f35 that was above it. It seems to abut the mud brick wall f99. [Input: S831LC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2008-08-16 lR In k4, we removed several centimeters to come towards the bricks of f99, exposing the faces from the west. Immediately, pavement f112 was found, west of f99. This pavement is under f90, forming a much nicer and more compacted surface than f35 pavement that was found in the same area but 10 cm higher in elevation. Lots of animal bones are sitting on this pavement, including a horn, mandibles, several long bones, and a skull of a smaller animal, perhaps a dog. [Input: S816LR.j]
2008-08-17 lR In k3, we photographed the pavement f112 this morning after consolidating the animal bones with diluted wood glue. We then removed the bones from the pavement to protect them from getting crushed. fAB made a good point yesterday about the animal skull sitting on the pavement. He noticed that the skull was not crushed, a strange thing if the skull was left sitting on a pavement for a long period of time. Another point is the presence of a horn tip, a valuable piece that is often reused thus rare to find complete. We then removed the rest of the eastern baulk between k3 and k4 to connect pavement f73 with f112, which are two different levels showing that f73 covers f112. [Input: S818lR.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-16 lR k3 [Input: S824LC.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-16 lR m4846 [Input: S824LC.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-17 yM q212 (bones, pottery) sits in f112 (pavement, type c) [Input: S817YM.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lR f112 (pavement, type c) abuts f99 (wall) [Input: S912LR.j]
2008-09-12 lR f112 (pavement, type c) abuts f107 (wall) [Input: S912LR.j]
2008-09-12 lR f112 (pavement, type c) covers f121 (accumulation A) [Input: S912LR.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-14 lR s14JPC (middle occupation) [Input: S914LR.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-16 lR Sherds,pebbles,bones,clay [Input: S824LC.j]
Color 2008-08-16 lR light gray [Input: S824LC.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-16 lR 10YR7/2 [Input: S824LC.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-16 lR Compact [Input: S824LC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v91
2008-08-17 lC [Input: S824LC2.j]

v91a
2008-08-17 lC [Input: S824LC2.j]

v92
2008-08-17 lC [Input: S824LC2.j]

v92a
2008-08-17 lC [Input: S824LC2.j]

v93
2008-08-17 lC [Input: S824LC2.j]

v93a
2008-08-17 lC [Input: S824LC2.j]

v90
2008-08-17 sE [Input: S824LC2.j]

v90a
2008-08-17 sE [Input: S824LC2.j]

v99
2008-08-19 lC [Input: S828LC.j]

v99a
2008-08-19 lC [Input: S828LC.j]

v99b
2008-08-19 lC [Input: S828LC.j]

v141
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v143
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v144a
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v145
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v150
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S915LC.j]

v152
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S916LC.j]

v153
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S916LC.j]

v154
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S916LC.j]

v161
2008-09-15 lC [Input: S917LC4.j]

v161a
2008-09-15 lC [Input: S917LC4.j]
v163
2008-09-15 lC [Input: S917LC4.j]