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Unit Book J1

Plaza adjacent the Large Temple Terrace (Version 1a)

J1f329

Processed on 2024-12-11

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2009-08-01 lC accumulation C [Input: T812MM3.j]
Summary 2009-09-11 lC One of the first accumulation below the filling of the second escarpment. This accumulation seems going under f309 to the north, so it is clearly earlier than the first escarpment. The pottery still shows a mix between ED III and LC sherds. Probably this let us interpret this feature as belonging to the period immediately before the construction of the early escarpment, when the ED III people cut and moved the earlier accumulations and levels in order to prepare for the construction of the temple terrace, with the escarpment and the revetment wall. [Input: T831LC.j]
Best image 2009-09-15 lC [Input: T915LC5.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2009-08-17 lC Soft accumulation of brown to orange soil. It shows some orange mud brick fragments and some pebbles. It isn't homogeneous, with some ashy patches. It could be the first Late Chalcolithic level below the ED III cut and filling to the north next to wall f288. [Input: T815LC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-01 lC k127 [Input: T812MM3.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-08-01 lC m6103 [Input: T812MM3.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2009-08-01 lC m6103 [Input: T812MM3.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-22 lC f296 (fill) covers f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T822LC2.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-08-12 aGA i74 (slingball) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T901LC2.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287.1 (blade) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287.2 (uncertain) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287.3 (sample) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287.4 (uncertain) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 aGA q1287 (bones, pottery) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p1 (xp) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p2 (xel) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p3 (xfx) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p4 (xfc) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p5 (xrg) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p6 (jar) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p7 (bowl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p8 (bowl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p9 (cup) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p10 (bowl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p11 (cup) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p12 (plate) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p13 (de) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p14 (bowl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p15 (jar) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p16 (pot) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p17 (jar) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p18 (bowl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p19 (fl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p20 (bowl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p21 (cup) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p22 (bowl) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p23 (strainer) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p24 (xfc) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p25 (xfx) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p70 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p71 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p72 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p73 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p74 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p75 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p76 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p77 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
2009-08-12 !! q1287-p78 (body sherd) sits in f329 (accumulation C) [Input: T812MM.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-08-22 lC f329 (accumulation C) abuts f288 (wall) [Input: T822LC.j]
2009-08-22 lC f329 (accumulation C) abuts f349 (collapse) [Input: T822LC.j]
2009-08-22 lC f329 (accumulation C) covers f347 (accumulation D) [Input: T822LC.j]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-02-10 lC s651J1A [Input: V211LC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2011-02-10 !! h3mJ1A [Input: V211LC.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2009-09-24 mKB (q 1287) ED III types: -p23 square rimmed deep bowl, Rc ware with buff-green slip, -p2 large base with exterior ledge, bottom rough with chaff marks, ware is gray buff with light buff-green slip, chaff, calcite and sand temper, made probably with a coil method with coil marks visible on the interior of the base, it is also possible that these marks are the result of production on a slow wheel, the exterior portion of the base has been cut with a sharp tool and is slightly undulating, 4 examples of this type base in J6 f200, -p17 jar with folded over rim and interior groove, -p24 slightly concave green bowl base with wheelmarks on lower body wall in FC ware, -p4, -p3 green flat base with wheel marks, -p8, -p9 conical cup with simple rim, light green buff, date unknown but may be LC2: -p10 round sided bowl with slight carination near the top, gray-brown ware with burnished exterior, similar shape found in LC2 but on a larger bowl and in a different ware, -p11 bowl with beaded rim heavily secondarily fired, Ninevite V: -p1 pointed base, -p20 round sided bowl with thin beaded rim undercut below exterior, coarse: -p16 Coba bowl, -p14 round sided bowl, -p14 small red-brown simple rim bowl with carbon core, -p12 bowl with rim slanted toward the interior, carbon core, smoother on exterior than interior, tan-buff slip, -p19 restricted rim jar with well smoothed surfaces, tan, -p5 ring base of a bowl, orange buff slip on exterior only, slow wheel marks on the interior, no carbon core, "exploded" calcite on the interior and in section, -p25 convex base, green-buff, much sub-round chaff and calcite, fine LC3 shapes -p7 tiny bowl, orange-brown interior and red-buff exterior, burnished on interior and exterior, -p15 jar with sharply outturned neck, firing cloud, red-brown, much chaff for such a thin walled shape, calcite. [Input: T927MKB.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2009-09-24 mKB mixed Phase 3s, 3h and 2h [Input: T927MKB.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-01 lC soil [Input: T812MM3.j]
Color 2009-08-01 lC dark brown [Input: T812MM3.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2009-08-01 lC 7.5YR 4/4 [Input: T812MM3.j]
Hardness, compaction 2009-08-01 lC 4.5 [Input: T812MM3.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

2009-08-02 lC [Input: T902LC.j]

2009-08-03 mM [Input: T902LC.j]

2009-08-03 mM [Input: T902LC.j]

2009-08-05 lC [Input: T902LC.j]

2009-08-08 lC [Input: T909LC.j]

2009-08-09 lC [Input: T909LC.j]

2009-08-09 lC [Input: T909LC.j]

2009-08-09 lC [Input: T909LC.j]

2009-08-11 lC [Input: T909LC.j]

2009-08-11 lC [Input: T909LC.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-08-01 lC T812 [Input: T812MM3.j]