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Unit Book J3

The Terrace Edge, Center (Version 1a)

J3f570

Processed on 2024-12-10

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category 2020-08-24 jW buildup [Input: ZE824jW.j]
Best definition 2006-08-28 mO accumulation D [Input: Q918EI3.j]
Summary 2012-09-07 jW Natural accumulation in k106 that underlies the foundation for Mittani period apron f556. [Input: W907JW.j]
Best image 2007-07-20 mO
v549 [Input: R720MO.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2006-08-28 vVE Accumulation f570 is a very light reddish light grey deposit that is slightly ashy. It is the same deposit as the ashy deposit in the East section of the East baulk of k107. Many small bones were found here and therefore we decided to sift all the deposits from this small area. No pits were visible at the top of f570 and the bones were lying very scattered. These observations and the information from the section indicate that f570 is a wash layer that lies under the second apron f556. hPU remarked also after looking at the bones that their small size and shape seem to indicate a wash layer context. He also said that it mainly consisted of sheep/goat and pig. mKB looked at the pottery from f570 and after an initial review said that it was mixed (some Chalcolithic sherds) but most likely was phase 3. At the bottom of f570 we found a baqaya surface most likely the glacis. Two pits seem to have been dug into the baqaya but most of these pits remains hidden under the stones of f556. [Input: Q828VE1.j]
2006-08-30 vVE The wash layer of f570 runs under the mud bricks of f583 (and therefore also under f556) and on top of the baqaya and the remains of the mud brick surface f582. It is not clear yet whether or not this deposit lies against the top of the revetment wall or actually runs under the top stone of the revetment wall. [Input: Q830VE1.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2006-08-28 vVE In k107 we opened f570 which is the natural deposit that lies between the second apron and the revetment wall and which underlies the second apron f532. Many small bones were found here and therefore we decided to sift all the deposits from this small area. Under f570 appeared baqaya and possibly the edges of two pits that were cut into the baqaya glacis. [Input: Q828VE1.j]
2006-08-30 vVE We continued to remove the little that remained of the greyish deposit f570 in q578 in order to clear the baqaya f581. When we found the remains of several mud bricks f582 at the eastern edge of k107 we decided to extend f570 further to the East (into J2) with q579 in order to clean the surface there in the gap between the revetment wall f569 and the second apron f556 and to find the possible continuation of the mud bricks. [Input: Q830VE1.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2006-08-28 mO k107 [Input: Q918EI3.j]
M#/elev @top 2006-08-28 mO m4391 [Input: Q918EI3.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2006-08-28 mO m4391 [Input: Q918EI3.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2006-08-28 !! q563.1 (clay lump) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]
2006-08-28 !! q563.2 (clay lump) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]
2006-08-28 !! q563.3 (figurine) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]
2006-08-28 !! q563.4 (blade) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]
2006-08-28 !! q563.5 (kiln waste) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]
2006-08-28 mO q563 (bones, items, pottery) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]
2006-08-30 mO q578 (bones, pottery) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]
2006-08-30 eI q579 (p-b) sits in f570 (accumulation D) [Input: Q918EI5.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 jW s160cJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-09-08 !! f570 (accumulation D) [Input: W908JW2.j]
2012-09-09 !! h7jJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f38 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f76 (pavement) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f77 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f78 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f79 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f121 (accumulation D) [Input: WX07JW.j]
Strata (included within phase) 2012-08-26 jW s160J3B [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-09-08 jW s160cJ3B [Input: W908JW2.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2007-07-31 mO under f583 [Input: R731MO1.j]
2012-08-26 jW Natural accumulation beneath floor f568 in a gap between the stones of the second apron and the revetment wall. [Input: W826JW.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2012-08-26 jW Ceramics were determined to be mixed from the Late Chalcolithic and Mittani periods, yielding an opinion that this deposit occurred in the Mittani period. [Input: W826JW.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2012-08-26 jW One issue is whether this accumulation was sufficiently sealed from intrusions above. Starting from the tell surface there were 170 cm of accumulation above this accumulation. Each of the 6 layers was carefully excavated and cleaned before the excavation of the next began. Contamination from above is therefore unlikely. [Input: W826JW.j]
Notes on time sequencing 2006-08-28 vVE mKB looked at the pottery from f570 and her initial (preliminary) view was that it was mixed (some Chalcolithic sherds) but most likely was phase 3. [Input: Q828VE1.j]
2006-08-30 mKB Mittani but mixed. [Input: Q830MKB.j]
2006-09-04 vVE f570 was covered by f568 (s12c) and f583 (s12d). The sherds were briefly analyzed by mKB and her preliminary conclusion was that it is phase 3, perhaps 4. Because this is a wash layer the pottery might have eroded/washed down from real phase 3 deposits. It remains hard to give an absolute assignation, but I would assign it to phase 4. [Input: Q904VVE.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2006-08-28 mO cl [Input: Q918EI3.j]
Color 2006-08-28 mO pale brown [Input: Q918EI3.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2006-08-28 mO 10YR 6/3 [Input: Q918EI3.j]
Hardness, compaction 2006-08-28 mO 2.5 [Input: Q918EI3.j]
Texture, surface finish 2006-08-28 mO crumbly with small pebbels and a lot of pottery [Input: Q918EI3.j]
Notes on typology 2006-08-28 vVE hPU remarked after looking at the bones that their small size and shape seem to indicate a wash layer context. He also said that it mainly consisted of sheep/goat and pig. [Input: Q828VE1.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v544
2006-08-27 vVE [Input: RY01JW.j]

v544b
2006-08-27 vVE [Input: RY01JW.j]

v549
2006-08-31 vVE [Input: RY01JW.j]

v549a
2006-08-31 vVE [Input: RY01JW.j]

v549b
2006-08-31 vVE [Input: RY01JW.j]

w507
2007-08-20 eI [Input: R820EI.j]