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Introduction
On this page you can find links to relevant topics in the GRAMMAR, Volume 1 - “The System”, listed in alphabetical order.
For each topic, (a) link(s) is/are offered, directly redirecting to the GRAMMAR: Volume 1 - “The System”.
For other indices and more general topics about the grammar, see the general index to the grammar.
Cf. also the topical index in the “SEARCH” section of the Urkesh website.
For a topical list of relevant themes, click here.
N.B.: Bold numbers refer to en entire section devoted to that specific topic (e.g., 2); non-bold numbers refer to sub-sections (e.g., 2.1).
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Alphabetical index
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Numbers
| 3D-volumetry | 13.8 |
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A
| Access | 22.2.5.2 (and circulation) |
| Accretional development | 14.1 |
| Accumulation(s) | 22.2.5.4; 22.6.2.4 (= loose material) |
| Activity | 22.2.5.3 (and assembly) |
| Aglyptic impressions | 8.5 (special roster Zai); 9.4 (analysis: special lexicon) |
| Aggregate(s) | 3.4; 22.0.2.1 (architectural types); 22.0.2.2 (types); 22.3.1 (specificity) |
| Aggregation(s) | 14.1 (ordered vs. non-ordered) |
| Alphabetic codes | 3.1 |
| Amorphous amassment | 7.5.1.3 (main lexicon) |
| Archaeological context | 22.2.6 |
| Archival versions | 15.5 |
| Archive | 1.3; 15.5 (versions; cf. Archival versions) |
| Area | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning) |
| Assemblage | 3.4; 3.6.3 (typological/chronological sorting) |
| Assembly | 22.2.5.3 (and activity) |
| Assignment | 6.5.3.1 (roster: C) |
| Attributes | 2.5 |
| Axial definition | 6.5.3.3 (roster: E) |
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B
| Beads | 8.7 (special roster Zbd); 9.6 (analysis: special lexicon) |
| Book | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning) |
| Broken tradition | 22.1.3; 22.2.1 |
| Browser edition | 1.4 |
| Buildup | 7.5.1.2 (main lexicon) |
| Built environment | 22; 22.0 (principles: typology); 22.0.1 (description); 22.0.2 (stationary elements); 22.0.3 (specific labels); 22.0.4 (architectural elements); 22.0.5 (constituents); 22.0.6 (structures); 22.0.7 (installations); 22.0.8 (use areas); 22.0.9 (corollaries); 22.1 (introduction); 22.1.1 (definition); 22.1.2 (architectural dimension); 22.1.3 (specificity); 22.1.4 (archaeological context); 22.1.5 (overview); 22.2 (criteria); 22.2.1 (constituents: definitions); 22.2.2 (elements: criteria); 22.2.3 (sub-elements: criteria); 22.2.4 (complexes: criteria); 22.2.5 (units: criteria); 22.2.6 (archaeological context); 22.3 (elements); 22.3.1 (elements: specificity); 22.3.2 (elements: typology); 22.3.3 (elements: isolated); 22.3.4 (elements: specific labels); 22.3.5 (elements: notation); 22.4 (sub-elements); 22.4.1 (sub-elements: concept); 22.4.2 (sub-elements: material); 22.4.3 (sub-elements: organizational); 22.4.4 (sub-elements: notation); 22.4.5 (sub-elements: terminology); 22.5 (complexes); 22.5.1 (complexes: concept); 22.5.2 (complexes: typology); 22.6 (units); 22.6.1 (units: concept); 22.6.2 (units: typology); 22.6.3 (units: nesting); 22.6.4 (units and built environment); 22.7 (functional analysis); 22.7.1 (functional analysis: concept); 22.7.2 (functional analysis: configuration); 22.7.3 (functional analysis: items); 22.7.4 (functional analysis: installations); 22.7.5 (functional analysis: primary/secondary); 22.8 (perceptual analysis); 22.8.1 (perceptual analysis: concept); 22.8.2 (perceptual analysis: landscape); 22.8.3 (perceptual analysis: geography); 22.9 (stratigraphy); 22.9.1 (stratigraphy and typology); 41.2 (excavations) |
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C
| Cast | 3.3 |
| Ceramics Note 1 | 8.2 (analysis: special roster Zca); 8.3 (analysis, paste: special roster Zcp); 9.2 (analysis: special lexicon) |
| Chronology | 14.1 |
| Circulation | 22.2.5.2 (and access) |
| Classification | 2.4 |
| Clay | 7.5.2.3 (main lexicon) |
| Clustering | 11.1 |
| Clusters | 2.6 |
| Codes | 5.1 (= alphanumeric strings; cf. variables/variants); 5.1 (for properties); 5.2 (= rosters, for variables); 5.3 (= lexica, for variants) |
| Collapse | 7.5.1.3 (main lexicon); 22.2.5.4; 22.6.2.4 (= loose material) |
| Complex(es) | 22.2.1 (constituents); 22.2.4 (criteria); 22.5; 22.5.1 (concept); 22.5.2 (typology); 22.5.3 (and aggregates) |
| Components | 2.6 |
| Composites | 3.3 |
| Conservation | 6.5.5.1 (roster: N); 41.2 (excavations); 44 (conservation and storage); 44.1 (concept); 44.2 (built environment); 44.3 (objects); 44.4 (storage) |
| Constituent(s) | 2 (general); 3 (inventory); 4 (labels); 5 (properties); 2.1 (minimal constituents); 2.2 (para-constituents cf. incidentals); 2.3 (proper constituents: classes); 2.6 (summary); 3.1 (minimal constituents); 3.7 (lists with codes); 4.8 (labels, summary); 22.0.5 (architectural) |
| Constructional history | 14.4 (definition); 14.5 (vs. depositional history); 14.6 (relation with typology) |
| Contact | 11.1.2; 12.3 (types) |
| Contact association | 6.5.3.4 (roster: F); 7.7.1 (lexicon: concepts); 7.7.2 (lexicon: nature); 7.7.3 (lexicon: definitions); 7.7.4 (lexicon: types) |
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D
| Data | 12.4 (and UGR) |
| Deposit(s) | 22.2.5.4 |
| Deposition | 6.5.3.6 (roster: H); 12.5 (≠ emplacement); 14; 14.1 (definition); 14.2 (correlation with and typology) |
| Depositional history | 14.1; 14.3 (definition); 14.5 (vs. constructional history) |
| Depositional index | 14.7 |
| Depositional synopsis | 14.7 |
| Depositional verbs | 12.3 |
| Designation | 6.5.2.2 (roster: B) |
| Digital | 3.6.2 (analogical representation) |
| Disaggregational process | 14.1 |
| Disposition | 6.5.6.2 (roster: P) |
| Drawing [w] | 3.5.2; 13.1 (combined) |
| Dumping | 7.5.1.3 (main lexicon) |
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E
| Elements | 2.3; 3.2 (stationary/movable); 3.4 (complex = element clusters); 3.5.2 (analogical representation); 3.6.1 (localization, positioning); 3.6.3 (typological/chronological sorting); 11.1.2; 12.2; 22.0.4 (architectural); 22.2.1 (constituents); 22.2.1 (isolated: concept); 22.2.2 (criteria); 22.3.2 (typology); 22.3.3 (isolated: description) |
| Emplacement | 11.2; 12.2 (concepts); 12.5 (≠ deposition); 14.1; 14.2 (correlation with typology and deposition) |
| Evidence | 2.3 (direct/indirect) |
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F
| Feature(s) | 2.3; 3.2; 7.5.1.5 (other: main lexicon); 14.1; 22.0.2.1 (architectural types); 22.0.2.2 (types); 22.3.1 (specificity) |
| Figurines | 8.6 (special roster Zfg); 9.5 (analysis: special lexicon) |
| Files | 6.5.6.3 (roster: Q) |
| Fill(s) | 7.5.1.3 (main lexicon); 22.2.5.4; 22.6.2.4 (= loose material) |
| Floor plans | 13.4 (definition) |
| Frame(s) | 15.1 (definition); 15.4 (MZ frame) |
| Function | 6.5.4.5 (roster: M); 14.1; 22.2.5.5 (and perception) |
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G
| Geography | 22.0.9.2 (perceptual) |
| Geo-referentiality | 13.5 |
| Glass | 7.5.2.5 (main lexicon) |
| Glyptics Note 2 | 8.4 (special roster Zsi); 9.3 (analysis: special lexicon) |
| Goal(s) | 1.5 |
| Grid | 13.7 |
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H
| "Harris Matrix" | 14.7 |
| Horizon(s) | 3.6.3 (typological/chronological sorting); 11.1.5; 15.1 (features); 14 |
| Horizontal surfaces | 7.5.1.1 (main lexicon) |
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I
| Identification | 6.5.2 (roster: B) |
| Imprint | 3.3 |
| Incidental(s) | 2.2 (general definition); 2.3 (specific definition); 4.9 (= para-costituents) |
| Indexing | 15.2 (definition) |
| Installation(s) | 7.5.1.4 (main lexicon); 22.0.7 (architectural); 22.2.5.4; 22.6.2.3 (= unit); 22.7.4 (and built environment) |
| Items [i] | 3.2; 6.5.4.2 (field record, roster: BA); 7.5.2.6 (other: main lexicon); 22.0.2.1 (architectural types); 22.7.3 (and built environment) |
| iwan | 22.2 |
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J
| Joining | 2.6 |
| Joins | 3.4 |
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L
| Labeling | 6.5.2.1 (roster: B) |
| Labels | 2.5 (definition); 4.1 (function); 4.1 (generic); 4.1 (specific: concept); 5.1 (= identifier of constituents); 22.0.3 (specific: architecture); 22.3.1 (specificity); 22.3.4 (specific: description); 22.3.5 (specific: notation) |
| Laser scanner | 13.6 |
| Layering | 7.5.1.2 (main lexicon) |
| Levels | 3.2 |
| Lexicon/a | 2.5 (definition); 4.1 (of variants); 7 (main); 7.1 (main: description); 7.2 (main: lemmata); 7.3 (main: versions); 7.4 (main: universal codes); 7.5 (main: B10 variants); 7.5.1 (main: features); 7.5.2 (main: items); 7.5.3 (main: features/items' codes); 7.5.4 (main: incidentals' codes); 7.6 (main: K3 variants); 7.7 (main: F2 variants); 7.8 (main: K4 variants); 7.9 (main: O21 variants); 7.10 (main: O22 variants); 9 (special); 9.1 (special: description); 9.2 (special: ceramics); 9.3 (special: glyptics); 9.4 (special: aglyptic); 9.5 (special: figurines); 9.6 (special: beads); 9.7 (special: anthropology) |
| Limit(s) | 1.5 (cf. goals); 41.4 (excavation) |
| Locus/i | 3.2; 3.6.1 (localization, positioning); 13.1 (volumetry); 13.3 (definition) |
| Loose material(s) | 22.2.5.4 (types); 22.6.2.4 (= unit); |
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M
| Main view | 3.5.2 |
| Manufacturing | 6.5.4.4 (roster: L) |
| Marker(s) | 3.5.1; 13.6 (technique); 13.7 (in a grid) |
| Measurements | 6.5.4.1 (roster: J); 13.6 (techniques) |
| Metal | 7.5.2.1 (main lexicon) |
| Minimality | 2.4 (vs. systemics) |
| Mold | 3.3 |
| Morphology | 6.5.4.3 (roster: K) |
| Movable | 2.3 (elements) |
| MZA | Synopsis (cf. MZ frame) |
| MZ frame | 15.4 (cf. MZA); 12 |
| MZ sitewide book | 15.5 |
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N
| Negative | 3.3 (cf. trace and zero) |
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O
| Object(s) | 3.2; 23 (typology); 23.1 (typology and stratigraphy); 23.2 (incremental publication); 23.3 (categorization) |
| Occupation | 22.6.2.4 (process; cf. loose material) |
| Operation | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning) |
| Ordered aggregations | 7.5.1.4 (main lexicon) |
| Organic | 7.5.2.4 (main lexicon) |
| Other features | 7.5.1.5 (main lexicon) |
| Other items | 7.5.1.6 (main lexicon) |
| Overview | 6.5.1 (roster: A) |
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P
| Paradigms | 2.5 |
| Para-elements | 2.3; 3.3 (list of) |
| Perception | 22.0.9.2 (geography); 22.2.5.5 (and function) |
| Phase(s) | 3.6.3 (typological/chronological sorting); 11.1.5; 15.1 (features) |
| Photograph | 3.5.2 |
| Photo-modelling | 13.6 |
| Physical anthropology | 8.8 (special roster Zpa); 9.7 (analysis: special lexicon) |
| Plot(s) | 3.6.2 (analogical representation); 13.4 (definition) |
| Post-excavation | 46 (beyond) |
| Presentation | 41.2 (excavations); 45 |
| Principles | 11 (stratigraphy) |
| Profile(s) | 3.5.1; 13.1 (volumetry) |
| Projected relay | 3.5.1 |
| Properties | 2.5; 2.6 (combinatorial); 5.1 (= analytical traits of constituents) |
| Publication | 6.5.6.3 (roster: Q) |
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Q
| q-bone = qb | 3.2 (definition); 7.5.2.4 (lexicon) |
| q-items | 3.2 (definition) |
| q-lots (= quantity lots) | 3.2 (definition) |
| q-pottery = qp | 3.2 (definition); 7.5.2.4 (lexicon) |
| Quadrant | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning) |
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R
| Rank(s) | 4.2 (1-5); 4.3 (Rank 1: Project); 4.4 (Rank 2: Book); 4.4.1 (Rank 1: first segment); 4.4.2 (Rank 2: second segment); 4.5 (Rank 3: Constituent proper); 4.6 (Rank 4: Component); 4.7 (Rank 5: Sub-Component); 32.2; 32.2.1 (Rank 2a); 32.2.2 (Rank 1) |
| Record | 1.3 (recording); 6.5.6.1 (analogical, roster: O); 31 (analytical); 32 (archive structure); 32.1 (labels and archive); 32.2 (directories); 32.2 (directories; cf. ranks); 32.2.1 (Rank 2a); 32.2.2 (constituents: Rank 1); 32.3 (archive structure: files); 32.4 (V/W directory/file names); 32.4.1 (constituent labels); 32.4.2 (constituents); 32.5 (labels for ZC referents); 32.6 (special books); 32.6.1 (constituent labels and archive); 32.7 (summary: chart); 32.8 (incidentals); 32.9 (figures); 33 (text files); 41 (synthetical); 41.1 (concept); 41.2 (excavations); 41.3 (tabulations); 41.4 (limits); 44.2 (conservation) |
| Recovery | 6.5.3.1 (roster: C) |
| Reference | 6.5.6 (roster: O-Q) |
| Referents | 2.3 (definition); 3.5 (characteristics); 3.5.1 (localization, positioning); 3.6 (complex = referent clusters); 13.3 (complex = locus/i/square(s)) |
| Relay(s) | 3.5.1 13.6 (technique); 13.7 (in a grid) |
| Roster(s) | MAIN (Zmr-010); MAIN (Zmr-022); MAIN (index: roster slot); MAIN (index: codes); 2.5 (definition); 6 (main); 6.1 (main: description); 6.2 (main: versions); 6.3 (main: categories); 6.4 (main: formats); 6.5 (main: roster); 6.5.1 (main: roster/overview); 6.5.2 (main: roster/identification); 6.5.3 (main: roster/stratigraphy); 6.5.4 (main: roster/typology); 6.5.5 (main: roster/treatment); 6.5.6 (main: roster/reference); 6.6 (main: mnemonic codes); 6.7 (main: notes); 8 (special); 8.1 (special: description); 8.2 (special: ceramics [Zca]); 8.3 (special: ceramic paste [Zcp]); 8.4 (special: glyptics [Zsi]); 8.5 (special: aglyptic [Zai]); 8.6 (special: figurines [Zfg]); 8.8 (special: beads [Zbd]); 8.8 (special: anthropology [Zpa]); 8.9 (special: wall [Zcw]) |
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S
| Sample(s) | 3.2; 24 |
| Secondary view | 3.5.2 |
| Section(s) | 3.5.1; 13.1 (volumetry); 44.2 (conservation) |
| Sector | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning) |
| Sedimentation | 22.6.2.4 (process; cf. loose material) |
| Sequence(s) | 15.1 (definition); 15.2 (features); 13 |
| Sequencing | 15; 15.1 (definition) |
| Site presentation | 6.5.5.2 (roster: N) |
| Sitewide sequence | 15.4 (cf. MZ frame) |
| Sketch | 3.5.2 |
| Space | 11.1.3; 22.2.5.1 (and volume) |
| Spatial aggregation | 6.5.3.5 (roster: G) |
| Specimens | 3.2 |
| Splitting | 2.6 |
| Square(s) | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning); 13.1 (volumetry); 13.3 (definition) |
| Stage | 3.6.3 (typological/chronological sorting) |
| Standards | 2.5; 5.4 (criteria for variants); 10 |
| Stationary | 2.3 (elements) |
| Stone | 7.5.2.2 (main lexicon) |
| Storage | 23.1 (of objects) |
| Strategy | 5.4 |
| Stratigraphic clustering | 11.1.1 |
| Stratigraphy | 6.5.3 (roster: C-I); 11 (principles); 12 (Tell Mozan); 13 (sequences); 14 (horizons); 42 (synthetical); 22.0.9.1 (architectural); 41.2 (excavations) |
| Stratum/a | 3.6.3 (typological/chronological sorting); 11.1.4; 15.1 (definition) |
| Structure(s) | 22.0.6 (architectural); 22.2.5.4; 22.6.2.1 (= unit) |
| Sub-component(s) | 2.6 |
| Sub-element(s) | 22.2.1 (constituents); 22.2.3 (criteria); 22.4; 22.4.1 (definition); 22.4.2 (material); 22.4.3 (organizational); 22.4.4 (notation); 22.4.5 (terminology); |
| Sub-phase(s) | 15.2 |
| Sub-stratum/a | 15.2 |
| System | 1; 1.1 (overview); 1.2 (practice and theory); 1.4 (exemplification); 3.1 (closed/open) |
| Systemics | 2.4 (vs. minimality) |
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T
| Tabulation(s) | 41.3 (excavation); 47 |
| Template [t] | 3.5.2; 3.6.2 (analogical representation) |
| Temporal sequencing | 12.3 |
| Theodolite | 13.6 |
| Time | 11.1.3 |
| Time sequencing | 6.5.3.7 (roster: I) |
| Total station | 13.6 |
| Trace | 3.3 (cf. negative and zero) |
| Treatment | 6.5.5 (roster: N) |
| "Triangulation rod" | 13.6 |
| Typology | 6.5.4 (roster: J-M); 14.1 (examples); 14.2 (correlation with emplacement and deposition); 21 (overview); 21.1 (and stratigraphy); 21.2 (categorization); 21.3 (categories); 22 (built environment); 23 (objects); 24 (samples); 43 (synthetical); 22.0.9.1 (architectural) |
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U
| UGR (= Urkesh Global Record) | 1.4 12.4 (and data) |
| Unit(s) | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning); 22.2.1 (constituents); 22.2.5 (criteria); 22.2.5.4 (types); 22.6; 22.6.1 (concept); 22.6.2 (typology); 22.6.2.1 (structures); 22.6.2.2 (use areas); 22.6.2.3 (installations); 22.6.2.4 (loose materials); 22.6.3 (nesting); 22.6.4 (built environment) |
| Use area(s) | 22.0.8 (architectural); 22.2.5.4; 22.6.2.2 (= unit) |
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V
| Variables | 2.5; 5.1 (= labels) |
| Variants | 2.5; 5.1 (= properties) |
| View [v] | 3.5.2 |
| Volume | 22.2.5.1 (and space) |
| Volumetric localization | 6.5.3.2 (roster: D) |
| Volumetric referents | 13.1 |
| Volumetry | 13; 13.8 (3D); 44.2 (conservation) |
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W
| Walls | 7.5.1.4 (main lexicon); 8.9 (special roster Zcw) |
| Web | 3.6.2 (analogical representation) |
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Z
| Zero | 3.3 (cf. trace and negative) |
| Zone | 3.6.1 (localization, positioning) |
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Notes
- Note 1: Cf. also the CERAMICS book: Roster and Lexicon. Back to text
- Note 2: Cf. also the GLYPTICS book. Back to text
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