J1f196

File: /MZ/A/J01/D/F/0196.HTM
Processed on 08-26-2016
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Label is included in another	2009-9-13	lC	^esc1 [Input file: T913LC.J / T913LC.-J]
Category	2009-8-9	!!	unknown [Input file: T808LC.J / T808LC.-J]
Definition	2009-8-9	lC	~early escarpment [Input file: T808LC.J / T808LC.-J]
Summary	2007-7-26	mS	lower escarpment of terrace wall in k103 [Input file: R726CC.J / R726CC.-J]

Best image

2006-10-7

v119

2010-8-7

v365

Description/Count

Description	2006-9-29	mS	in MZ18 this was described as the glacis at the base of the wall. We had also cut into this and collected pottery lots which mKB says are purely chalcolithic. In MZ19 we have decided to call this the escarpment to differentiate it from the glacis at the top of the wall found in J3. One of the goals of this season is to excavate to the south and follow this escarpment down to the plaza level. [Input file: Q926MS.J / Q926MS.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	The escarpment shows a sloping surface. Next to the base of the revetment wall it is constituted of pure clay to prevent the water seepage. Its surface is hard and kind of plastered, while inside the soil is softer and sandy, brown in color, with some medium to small sized stones. It incorporates also stones belonging to the earlier structures as the wall f288. [Input file: T808LC.J / T808LC.-J]

Recovery/Assignment and the Record

Daily	2009-8-10	lC	Today we continued to remove the material of the early escarpment. It is almost the same of yesterday, brown in color, compact but not hard with few mud brick chunks and some lenses of pure clay. Next to the stones of wall f288 there is a soil very brown and clayish. It could be just result of water infiltrations or could be a sort of packing between the junctures of the stones. The pottery seems clearly dating to Late Chalcolithic III, but further analysis are required. [Input file: T808LC.J / T808LC.-J]
	2009-8-11	lC	Today we continued to remove it. We gave a new feature number ( f340) to keep separate the pottery coming from the surface of the early escarpment and from its core. The feature is the same of the previous day, brown in color and compact. We removed also a thin and not extended ash lens that was just on top of the hard surface f345. It could be the bottom of the escarpment or something related to Late Chalcolithic period. [Input file: T808LC.J / T808LC.-J]
Strategy	2009-7-22	lC	Today in the daily site meeting gB, fAB and J01 staff discussed about the strategy for the future excavation in the light of the last results. The main question regards f196, the early escarpment that seems to rise against the wall to the West. So next days we will start to enlarge to the West J01 excavation to expose the early escarpment. It could be helpful to understand the general situation of the bottom of the revetment wall and the plaza to the west. [Input file: T718LC.J / T718LC.-J]
Procedure	2009-8-10	lC	Today we decided to excavate this feature with the big pick starting from tomorrow. The soil is compact and just few sherds and almost not objects were recovered. Moreover we will sift the soil so we don't miss anything. [Input file: T808LC.J / T808LC.-J]

Volumetric localization

Locus	2005-9-5	vS	k103 [Input file: P907MS1.J / P907MS1.-J]
Relays	2005-9-6	vS	392 (41221 47502 - 8720 / Relay location: A) [Input file: P906MS-R.J / P906MS-R.-J]
	2005-9-6	vS	393 (41017 47400 - 8720 / Relay location: B) [Input file: P906MS-R.J / P906MS-R.-J]
	2005-9-6	vS	394 (41182 47196 - 8720 / Relay location: C ) [Input file: P906MS-R.J / P906MS-R.-J]
	2005-9-6	vS	395 (41302 47284 - 8720 / Relay location: D) [Input file: P906MS-R.J / P906MS-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1099 (41318 47295 - 8664 / Relay location: #1) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1100 (41205 47258 - 8652 / Relay location: #2) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1101 (41168 47295 - 8648 / Relay location: #3) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1102 (41126 47362 - 8561 / Relay location: #4) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1103 (41047 47326 - 8564 / Relay location: #5) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1104 (40995 47483 - 8562 / Relay location: #6) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1105 (40976 47384 - 8539 / Relay location: #7) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1106 (40920 47269 - 8545 / Relay location: #8) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1107 (40870 47177 - 8552 / Relay location: #9) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1108 (40846 47122 - 8578 / Relay location: #10) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1109 (40871 47005 - 8593 / Relay location: #11) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1110 (41050 47089 - 8607 / Relay location: #12) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1111 (41167 47049 - 8695 / Relay location: #13) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	1112 (41343 47116 - 8745 / Relay location: #14) [Input file: T809MM-R.J / T809MM-R.-J]
Elevation	2005-9-5	vS	8675 @bottom [Input file: P907MS1.J / P907MS1.-J]
	2005-9-5	vS	8720 @top [Input file: P907MS1.J / P907MS1.-J]

Contact association

Type of contact: Latest events	2006-10-4	lC	f241 (accumulation C) covers f196 [Input file: V114LC.J / V114LC.-J]
	2008-9-23	rE	f239 (fi) overlays f196 [Input file: S923RE.J / S923RE.-J]
	2008-9-23	rE	f278 (accumulation D) overlays f196 [Input file: S923RE.J / S923RE.-J]
	2009-8-22	lC	f279 (accumulation) overlays f196 [Input file: T822LC2.J / T822LC2.-J]
	2009-8-22	lC	f321 (cut) cuts f196 [Input file: T822LC.J / T822LC.-J]
	2011-2-11	lC	f378 (Erosion) cuts f196 [Input file: V212LC.J / V212LC.-J]
	2008-9-23	rE	f298 (isolated stone) sits in f196 [Input file: S923RE.J / S923RE.-J]
	2009-8-22	lC	f307 (wall) sits in f196 [Input file: T822LC.J / T822LC.-J]
Type of contact: Contemporary events/Movable items	2005-9-6	pC	q542 sits in f196 [Input file: U817LH12.J / U817LH12.-J]
	2005-9-7	pC	q549 sits in f196 [Input file: U817LH12.J / U817LH12.-J]
	2009-8-9	lC	q1276 sits in f196 [Input file: T812MM.J / T812MM.-J]
	2009-8-10	lC	q1280 sits in f196 [Input file: T812MM.J / T812MM.-J]
	2009-8-10	lC	q1281 sits in f196 [Input file: T812MM.J / T812MM.-J]
	2009-8-11	aGA	q1282 sits in f196 [Input file: T812MM.J / T812MM.-J]
	2009-8-27	mM	q1325 sits in f196 [Input file: T829MM.J / T829MM.-J]
Type of contact: Latest events	2009-8-22	lC	f294 (fi) abuts f196 [Input file: T822LC2.J / T822LC2.-J]
	2009-8-22	lC	f296 (fi) abuts f196 [Input file: T822LC2.J / T822LC2.-J]
Type of contact: Earliest events	2009-8-22	lC	f196 covers f340 (accumulation) [Input file: T822LC2.J / T822LC2.-J]
	2009-9-11	lC	f196 covers f361 (stone installation) [Input file: T831LC.J / T831LC.-J]
	2009-8-22	lC	f196 overlays f288 (wall) [Input file: T822LC2.J / T822LC2.-J]
Inclusions	08-26-2016	!!	frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time sequencing

Stratum to which element belongs	2011-2-10	lC	s650 ^J1A [Input file: V211LC.J / V211LC.-J]
Phase to which stratum belongs	2011-2-10	lC	h3m ^J1A [Input file: V211LC.J / V211LC.-J]
Stratigraphic reasons	2006-9-29	mS	We are assigning this to h1-J h1 ^JPA, s r70 although the material may go back to the 4th millenium and the assignment may change. We have a very limited excavation area at this time with this material. The escarpment presumably was built the same time as the wall f72 which we are also assigning to this period. [Input file: Q926MS.J / Q926MS.-J]
	2006-10-7	mS	lower escarpment of terrace wall f72. Currently assigned to phase 1. [Input file: QX06MS1.J / QX06MS1.-J]
Other reasons	2006-10-7	mS	based on future excavations, this date could be moved further back. [Input file: QX06MS1.J / QX06MS1.-J]
I99.NTime	2011-2-11	lC	Early escarpment abutting the base of the wall and built in the same period. The pottery is mixed between EDIII and LC, because, we assume they used dirt cut by the LC mound in order to build the EDIII Revetment Wall. [Input file: V212LC.J / V212LC.-J]