1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equals other label | 2009-08-19 | cJC | f373 (lens) [Input: T819CJC2.j] |
| Category | !! | !! | surface |
| Best definition | 2009-08-01 | cJC | floorsurface in general [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
| Summary | 2009-09-09 | cJC | Salmon-colored floor covering the whole area in front of the apron (f131). It is cut by erosion in front of the apron but presumably continued up to the base of the apron. Might be the first floor associated with the construction of the apron. It is a reddish orange color in section and gray with reddish patches when viewed from the top. It is hard with a smooth surface. [Input: T901CJC.j] |
| Best image | 2009-09-09 | cJC |  [Input: T901CJC.j] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description (summary) | 2009-08-02 | cJC | This feature was first identified in the west section of k100 in front of the stairs f130. It is a very dramatic salmon-color. When we came down from the top, however, the color was more patchy but still distinctive. f359 slopes up and abuts the bottom visible stone of the apron f131. [Input: T802CJC.j] |
| 2009-08-20 | cJC | This layer had a hard and relatively smooth surface where the surface was preserved. The layers above separate easily when using the trowel or when using only the pick and the brush. f359 extends across k110, k5 and k15. It is about 10 cm thick and is only salmon-colored when scraped, otherwise it mostly looks gray from the surface. Although originally we thought it sloped up to abut the apron it is heavily damaged and difficult to tell. There is a portion of the salmon floor visible in the west section of k100 that comes up to the apron (f131) and there is a small portion of a red layer near the apron in k4 which may either be a remaining portion of f359 or possibly part of the redder layer under f359 (f348, f379). [Input: T820CJC.j] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Recovery/Assignment
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily notes about recovery of elements | 2009-08-13 | cJC | Today we removed this feature in k110. It was very hard and when picked it came off in chunks. We did not recover that many sherds. At 7:30 in the morning mKB and hQ came to review our pottery and they said that it appears from the few sherds we have that probably a provisional date of EDIII can be suggested for f359. [Input: T815CJC.j] |
| Argument | 2009-08-02 | cJC | We have discussed the possibility of f359 being the layer associated with the construction of the apron (f131) and the second staircase (f130). fAB argues that it may be possible as f359 laps up against the last visible stair of the apron (f131). pC thinks the first layer may be lower based on comparisons with the oblique stone east of the staircase (f130) in J6. [Input: T802CJC.j] |
| 2009-08-13 | cJC | It is likely that f359 is not the first floor associated with the construction of the apron (f131) for two reasons. First, there are accumulations underneath (f369, f378) that slope up to the bottom stones of the apron which could not happen if they were cut to place the apron. Second, mKB provisionally dated the materials in the floor to EDIII and we expect an EDII date for the construction. [Input: T815CJC.j] |
Volumetric Localization
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus | 2009-08-01 | cJC | k110 [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
| 2009-09-02 | cJC | k5, k15 [Input: T830CJC.j] | |
| M#/elev @top | 2009-08-01 | cJC | m6152 [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
| M#/elev @bottom | 2009-08-01 | cJC | m6224 [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
Contact Association
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of contact: latest events | 2009-08-20 | cJC | f366 (erosion cut) cuts f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T820CJC.j] |
| 2009-08-19 | cJC | f376 (erosion cut) cuts f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T819CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-08 | cJC | f365 (floor, type d) covers f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T808CJC.j] | |
| 2009-08-20 | cJC | f357 (floor, type d) overlays f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T820CJC.j] | |
| 2009-08-20 | cJC | f358 (lens) overlays f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T820CJC.j] | |
| 2009-08-08 | cJC | f367 (lens) overlays f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T808CJC.j] | |
| Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items | 2009-08-13 | !! | q889.1 (kiln waste) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889.2 (lithic specimen) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889.3 (kiln waste) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889.4 (uc laf) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889.5 (sample) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | cJC | q889 (bones, pottery) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p1 (sli) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p2 (other shape sherd) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p3 (cup) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p4 (jar) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p5 (bowl) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p6 (bowl) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p7 (jar) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p8 (bowl) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p9 (bowl) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p10 (xfx) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p11 (xrd) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| 2009-08-13 | !! | q889-p12 (cup) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j] | |
| Type of contact: earliest events | 2009-08-13 | cJC | f359 (floorsurface in general) covers f377 (lens) [Input: T815CJC.j] |
| 2009-08-19 | cJC | f359 (floorsurface in general) overlays f369 (floor, type c) [Input: T819CJC2.j] | |
| Ceramic typological distribution | !! | !! | frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature |
Time Sequencing
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum (to which element belongs) | 2011-11-11 | cJC | s630J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j] |
| Phase (to which element belongs) | 2010-11-15 | !! | ^wall3 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j] |
| 2011-11-11 | !! | h3pJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j] | |
| Stratigraphic reasons of assignment | 2009-09-16 | cJC | Dated to transitional EDIIIA-B based on ceramics and connections with the apron. [Input: T916CJC.j] |
| Typological reasons for assignment | 2009-09-18 | mKB | q889-p6 jar or bowl of heavy clay brownish-red exterior with clay that is not well mixed, cchaff with sub-round holes, the whole rim section is not preserved; q889-p1 bowl with pointed rim and folded toward the interior, red clay with calcite inclusions covered with a thick greenish-yellow slip, both interior and exterior, smoothed interior and exterior; q889-p11 fine green rounded base with prominent wheel marks both inside and outside; -p8, -p9, -p12 small cups with sand and calcite temper; -p3 small bowl or cup with beaded rim, small amount of chaff, greenish-yellow surface color. This type of beaded rim bowls are found in Late Ninevite V through the Early Dynastic III periods. [Input: T920MKB3.j] |
| Other reasons, reservations, qualifications | 2009-09-18 | mKB | this feature as well as f357 are transitional between Phases 3s and 4c (in traditional terms early and late ED III, ie ED IIIA and ED IIIB) because they have elements in the ceramics that are characteristic for both periods. In this respect the typology resembles in J1 the fills below the earliest escarpment (J1 f329, f341, f345, f347, f354) [Input: T920MKB3.j] |
| 2011-05-16 | cJC | Dated to EDIII based on ceramics and connections with the apron. [Input: V516CJC.j] | |
| 2011-11-21 | cJC | It appears that this feature is associated with the construction of the flanking wall f127. It may represent a purposefully laid floor designed to perserve and protect the area in front of the apron. The exact connections to f127 are not clear as there is a baulk at the base of the wall and additionallly f359 is damaged by erosion close to the base of the apron (f131). [Input: VY21CJC.j] | |
| Notes on time sequencing | 2009-09-18 | mKB | 3s-4c [Input: T920MKB3.j] |
4. TYPOLOGY
Morphology
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ware or Material, species | 2009-08-01 | cJC | cl [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
| Color | 2009-08-01 | cJC | orange [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
| 2009-08-03 | cJC | Yellowish red [Input: T803CJC.j] | |
| Color number (Munsell) | 2009-08-01 | cJC | 5YR5/6 [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
| 2009-08-02 | cJC | 5YR7/3 [Input: T802CJC.j] | |
| 2009-08-03 | cJC | 5YR5/6 wet [Input: T803CJC.j] | |
| Hardness, compaction | 2009-08-01 | cJC | hard [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
| Texture, surface finish | 2009-08-01 | cJC | compact [Input: T822CJC2.j] |
6. REFERENCE
Analogical Record
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| View/drawing of features | |||
Disposition
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) | 2009-09-02 | cJC | Not removed in k5 and k15 [Input: T830CJC.j] |
| 2009-09-02 | cJC | removed in k110 on T813 [Input: T830CJC.j] |