Emplacement for Unit J2
Amorphous amassment

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Introduction

Of the three types of amorphous amassment (fills, dumping and collapse), only fills and collapse are well attested in J2.

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Fills

The fills of J2 are primarily fills of small pits or holes. Although they make up a considerable number of features (13 total or 3% of all features) they do not represent a large “filling in” of the area, but rather small individual fills. In particular there are several small holes in the stones of the apron, each of which was filled when the apron was covered (e.g. f279, f281, f283, f285).

The fills of pits are:

• f55 filling pit cut f54
• f255 a soil with small pebbles filling pit cut f254
• f299 a soft brown soil with seeds and melted bricks filling pit cut f298
• f301 a soft brown soil with seeds, melted bricks, pebbles filling pit cut f300
• f312 a soft brown soil filling pit cut f311

The soil f383 fills the cut f382 south of the staircase in k100. The soil is very soft and has little material. It was recorded as fill in primary context, meaning the material was placed in the trench for which it was dug.

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Dumping

The are no notable incidences of dumping in J2 with the area primarily kept clean and used for the monumental access in the early periods. After the brickfall the area was reused for activities and as such, not subject to dumping.

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Collapse

Collapse is well represented in the amorphous deposits of J2 in the form of the large brickfall. This brickfall slopes down from the southeast, across parts of J6 and J7 before stretching across J2.