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Unit Book J3

The Terrace Edge, Center (Version 1a)

J3a1

Processed on 2024-12-10

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2005-08-28 rE burial [Input: P904GM1.j]
Summary 2007-07-17 jW A human burial in k104 consisting of a well-preserved skeleton and grave goods in fill beneath the baqaya surface of the glacis, f50, of the BA Temple mound. [Input: R718JW1.j]
Best image 2007-07-17 jW
v24 [Input: R718JW1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-28 rE Burial near N section of k104, in the compacted fill, f59, behind monumental wall, f11, and consisting of human bones (i8), bead (i7), stone tool (i10), a brick marker (f62), and q-items (q100). [Input: P904GM1.j]
2005-09-01 jW A burial in k104 consisting of a well-preserved skeleton, f60 and i8; two grave goods, a bead, i7, and a hand-sized stone tool, i10. A stack of partially burned bricks, f62, marked it. [Input: P901JW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-08-28 rE k104 [Input: P904GM1.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Features within aggregate 2005-08-28 rE f60 (burial)
f62 (isolated individual brick) [Input: P904GM1.j]
Items within aggregate 2005-08-28 rE i7 (bead)
i8 (human body)
i10 (tool) [Input: P904GM1.j]
q-lots within aggregate 2005-08-28 !! q102 (hb, p)
q108 (bones, items)
q111 (bones, items, pottery) [Input: P904GM1.j]
2005-08-28 rE q100 (hb, i) [Input: P904GM1.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 !! 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]
Notes on time sequencing 2005-09-01 jW The skeleton was found in the bottom of fill, f59, atop two other lenses of fill, red soil, f65, and ashy soil, f64. We conclude that stone tool, i10, and the bead were placed at the gravesite, then the body was placed overtop in a layer of clean, soil, f59, laid atop f64 and f65, which was then compacted. [Input: P901JW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v21
2005-08-28 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

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

v21b
2005-08-28 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v22
2005-08-29 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v22a
2005-08-29 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v22b
2005-08-29 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

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

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

v26
2005-08-31 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

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

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