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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace (Version 1a)

A20f142

Processed on 2025-04-14

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2008-08-23 lC floor, type a [Input: S831LC.j]
Best image 2008-08-23 !!
v107 [Input: S901LC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-08-26 lC Floor quite compact with some traces of lamination that could be part of some kind of plastering. In some points there are traces of burning, as showed by the surface that appears from black to reddish in color. There are also traces of burnt clay, orange in color. Despite it seems plastered it is not very compacted, and it is just few cm thick. Some sherds and small traces of charcoal are visible in the surface. Also some traces of white due to organic material are recognizable in the surface. It has been uncovered for about 400cms north to south, in part underneath the brick installation f138, and for about 150 cm east to west, but it should cover originally all the room of a5. [Input: S903LC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2008-08-23 lR This floor appears lined or plastered and was first noticed while scraping the section where thin multiple layers of white material flaked off in section. The floor surface appears to be a living floor or a floor that was used inside the structure a5. Given it's height in elevation with another floor surface and stones below (approx 25 cm) and the continuation of the bricks from wall f116, this floor likely belongs to a reuse of this structure at a later phase when the floor was raised. [Input: S823LC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-23 lC k101 [Input: S831LC.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-23 lC 9123 [Input: S831LC.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2008-08-23 lC 9117 [Input: S831LC.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-09-12 lR f119 (fill) covers f142 (floor, type a) [Input: S912LR.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-26 sE q257 (pottery) sits in f142 (floor, type a) [Input: S826YM.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lR f142 (floor, type a) abuts f115 (wall) [Input: S912LR.j]
2008-09-12 lR f142 (floor, type a) abuts f116 (wall) [Input: S912LR.j]
2008-09-12 lR f142 (floor, type a) covers f147 (accumulation B) [Input: S912LR.j]
2008-09-12 lR f142 (floor, type a) covers f151 (wall) [Input: S912LR.j]
2008-09-12 lR f142 (floor, type a) overlays f148 (stone installation) [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 2008-08-23 lC clay loam [Input: S831LC.j]
2008-09-03 lC clay [Input: S903LC.j]
Color 2008-08-23 lC Light gray Yellowish brown [Input: S831LC.j]
2008-09-03 lC light gray [Input: S903LC.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-23 lC 10YR7/2 10YR5/4 [Input: S831LC.j]
2008-09-03 lC 10YR7/1 [Input: S903LC.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-23 lC compact [Input: S831LC.j]
2008-09-03 lC hard [Input: S903LC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

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]

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

v115
2008-08-25 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v118
2008-08-25 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v119
2008-08-25 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v119a
2008-08-25 lC [Input: S901LC2.j]

v126
2008-08-26 lC [Input: S909LC.j]

v127
2008-08-26 lC [Input: S909LC.j]

v128
2008-08-26 sE [Input: S909LC.j]

v128a
2008-08-26 sE [Input: S909LC.j]

v129
2008-08-26 sE [Input: S909LC.j]

v134
2008-08-27 yM [Input: S909LC.j]

v136
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v137
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v138
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v139a
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

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