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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace (Version 1a)

A20f120

Processed on 2025-04-14

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2008-08-18 lC accumulation [Input: S824LC.j]
Best image 2008-08-19 !!
v96 [Input: S828LC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-09-03 lC Accumulation very thick, gray in color with bricky material. Numerous sherds and bones were recovered in this accumulation. f108 is abutting the walls f125 and f126 and can be interpreted like the abandonment after the use of the floor f144, or like the collapse of the two walls above. [Input: S903LC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2008-08-18 lR While removing f120, stones emerged, west of f85 wall. These stones continue to go down, at the moment are 3 stones deep but stop to the west. A thick vertical line is also visible where the stones end which would then make f84 a discrete wall with stone foundations at its western edge and another wall, f127 built in the west that abuts f84. [Input: S818lR.j]
2008-08-25 lC today we removed the accumulation f120, south of the mud brick wall f126, uncovering the floor f144. Tomorrow we will take photos of f144 and then we will excavate the floor trying to go down to the level of the stone pavement f108, to understand the link between it and the pavement f132. In the south of the locus we removed the vertical bricks f137 uncovering more oblique bricks belonging to the f138. We also continued to remove f119 in the southern part of k101 between f115 and f138. [Input: S825LC.j]
2008-08-25 lC we uncovered the floor f144 below f120 and tomorrow we will take photos. [Input: S825LC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-18 lC k101 [Input: S824LC.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2008-08-18 yM r357 (42000 41955 - 9213 / Relay location: SW) [Input: S818YM-R.j]
2008-08-18 yM r358 (41856 41967 - 9211 / Relay location: SE) [Input: S818YM-R.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-18 lC 9200 [Input: S824LC.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-09-12 lR f78 (fill) covers f120 (accumulation) [Input: S912LR.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-18 !! q219.1 (kiln waste) sits in f120 (accumulation) [Input: S818YM2.j]
2008-08-18 !! q219.2 (grinding stone) sits in f120 (accumulation) [Input: S818YM2.j]
2008-08-18 yM q219 (bones, items, pottery) sits in f120 (accumulation) [Input: S818YM2.j]
2008-08-25 lC q248 (bones, pottery) sits in f120 (accumulation) [Input: S826YM.j]
2008-08-26 sE q258 (bones, pottery) sits in f120 (accumulation) [Input: S826YM.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lR f120 (accumulation) covers f144 (floor, type c) [Input: S912LR.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-14 lR s15JPC (early occupation) [Input: S914LR.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-18 lC Silty clay [Input: S824LC.j]
Color 2008-08-18 lC Yellowish brown [Input: S824LC.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-18 lC 10YR5/4 [Input: S824LC.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-18 lC Soft [Input: S824LC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v96
2008-08-19 sE [Input: S828LC.j]

v97
2008-08-19 sE [Input: S828LC.j]

v97a
2008-08-19 sE [Input: S828LC.j]

v104
2008-08-20 sE [Input: S901LC2.j]

v106a
2008-08-21 sE [Input: S901LC2.j]

v107
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v108
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v109
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v110
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v110a
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v111
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v112
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v113
2008-08-23 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v125
2008-08-26 lC [Input: S909LC.j]

v125a
2008-08-26 lC [Input: S909LC.j]

w38
2008-09-13 lC [Input: S913LC.J]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2008-08-18 lC S825 [Input: S824LC.j]