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Unit Book J3

The Terrace Edge, Center (Version 1a)

J3f60

Processed on 2024-12-10

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2005-08-28 gM burial [Input: P904GM.j]
Summary 2012-10-07 jW Human burial in k104 that sits in LC3 fill f59, but beneath LC3 glacis f58. [Input: WX07JW1.j]
Best image 2006-04-20 jW
v24 [Input: Q420JW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-28 rE Human remains consisting of a well preserved skeleton, buried in the flex position with the head and knees facing north. The head was beside a stack of partially baked bricks, f62, to the east, while the hips were to the west. More complete exposure of the human remains reveals that the individual was a mature adult. The sciatic notch is medium to wide, but the skull is large and relatively robust. One well-worn incisor, retrieved from the matrix surrounding the mandible, suggests that the individual was at least middle-aged, if not older. [Input: Q302JW1.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2005-08-29 jW Exposed all extant bones that could be identified. Photographed the body and its context, v22. Attempted to photograph body to prepare a Freehand drawing of the layout of the grave. There was not enough light to allow good definition, so we will try again on P831, using reflectors. [Input: P829JW.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-08-28 gM k104 [Input: P904GM.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2005-08-29 rE r263 (40831 49145 - 8944 / Relay location: SE corner) [Input: P830GM1R.j]
2005-08-29 rE r264 (40850 49118 - 8944 / Relay location: SW corner) [Input: P830GM1R.j]
2005-08-29 rE r265 (40882 49131 - 8944 / Relay location: NW corner) [Input: P830GM1R.j]
2005-08-29 rE r266 (40873 49165 - 8944 / Relay location: N corner) [Input: P830GM1R.j]
2005-08-29 rE r267 (40833 49181 - 8944 / Relay location: NE corner) [Input: P830GM1R.j]
2005-08-29 rE r272 (40879 49121 - 8948 / Relay location: W drawing nail) [Input: P830GM1R.j]
2005-08-29 rE r273 (40848 49186 - 8949 / Relay location: E drawing nail) [Input: P830GM1R.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-08-28 gM m4176 [Input: P904GM.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2005-08-28 gM i7 (bead) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM2.j]
2005-08-28 gM i8 (human body) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM2.j]
2005-09-01 rE i10 (tool) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM2.j]
2005-08-28 !! q100.1 (specimen) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-08-28 !! q100.2 (sample) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-08-31 !! q108.1 (sample) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-09-01 !! q111.1 (sample) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-09-01 !! q111.2 (sample) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-09-01 !! q111.3 (sample) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-09-01 !! q111.4 (specimen) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-09-01 !! q111.5 (shell artifact) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-08-28 jW q100 (hb, i) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-08-29 gM q102 (hb, p) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-08-31 rE q108 (bones, items) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-09-01 rE q111 (bones, items, pottery) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: P904GM3.j]
2005-09-04 HH q111-p1 (bowl) sits in f60 (burial) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J]
Type of contact: earliest events 2005-09-18 rE f60 (burial) sits in f59 (fill) [Input: Q301JW.j]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2005-08-28 rE a1 (burial) [Input: P904GM1.j]

Deposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on deposition 2005-08-29 jW faB suggested that some of the characteristics of the body (bones darkened but not charred) and its manner of burial (flexed position in a marked grave) could be explained by the following: He hypothesized that the BA temple burned in early Akkadian times. Possibly one or more people were trapped in the ruins and suffocated. Their bodies were heated in the fire to a temperature less than 300 degress, which darkened the bones. During the process of cleaning the site the ashes and burned bricks were thrown onto the terrace to serve as fill for a new layer of bakhia. When the body was discovered it was buried in the usual manner for the time which must have been in the ash with grave goods and a simple marker of stacked burned bricks. [Input: P829JW.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 jW s860bJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 !! h2mJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f59 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f60 (burial) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f61 (b) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f62 (isolated individual brick) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f364 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f365 (pit-c) [Input: WX07JW.j]
Strata (included within phase) 2012-10-07 jW s860bJ3B [Input: WX07JW.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2006-04-26 jW Sits in compacted fill f59 [Input: Q426JW.j]
2012-10-07 jW Human burial that sits in fill f59. [Input: WX07JW.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2006-04-26 jW Grave not dug; body laid on and covered with fill f59. [Input: Q426JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2005-08-28 gM bo [Input: P904GM.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v21a
2005-08-28 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v24
2005-08-31 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v25
2005-08-31 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v25a
2005-08-31 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v25b
2005-08-31 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

w10
2006-02-12 jW [Input: Q212JW.j]

p3
2006-05-03 jW [Input: Q503JW.j]