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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5-staff

Processed on 2024-10-07


Date Author Record
2008-07-26 jW mO departed the unit and Tell Mozan to prepare for graduate studies in Tunisia. His contributions are greatly appreciated. [Input: S726JW.j]
2008-08-14 jW lH is still in Damascus arranging her course of study for next year. sNP worked in the house after breakfast preparing plots. [Input: S814JW.j]
2008-08-16 jW lH still in Damascus registering for a post-graduate program in archaeology. sNP worked in the house after breakfast processing objects. [Input: S816JW.j]
2008-08-17 jW dL and sNP drew the north baulks of k13 (w15), k43 (w16), and the lower part of k33 (w17). lH remained in Damascus to register for post-graduate study. [Input: S817JW.j]
2008-08-19 jW lH still in Damascus preparing for post-graduate study. sNP spent most of the morning in the house processing objects and plots. [Input: S819JW.j]
2008-08-21 jW lH still in Damascus for Masters Degree examinations. sNP worked on the objects in the house after breakfast. [Input: S821JW.j]
2008-08-24 lH After a meeting with gB, jW and lH completed the view log, sNP finished processing objects and dL finished the templates and drawings. All members will review the Harris Matrices and strata assignments in the afternoon. [Input: S824LH2.j]
2008-08-26 jW dL sick in bed at home. [Input: S826JW.j]
2008-08-27 lH dL worked at home due to illness. [Input: S827LH.j]
2009-07-19 jW The staff assignments are: jW #1, sE #2, and jN and eA #3's. [Input: T719JW.j]
2009-07-20 jW All staff members spent the first day of excavtions in the field to become familiar with data collection and recording, the location and appearance of features, and the names of the workmen. [Input: T720JW.j]
2009-07-21 jW jN worked in the house after breakfast to process objects from previous seasons. Her work on that project continued into the afternoon. [Input: T721JW.j]
2009-07-22 jW jN worked in the house after breakfast to process objects from previous seasons. Her work on that project continued into the afternoon. [Input: T722JW.j]
2009-07-25 jW jW working on the URG at home before and after breakfast. After breakfast, jN cntinued working on the site-wide item processing system. sE spent time after breakfast at home identifying photos for views. [Input: T725JW.j]
2009-07-26 jW jW worked at home for parts of the time before and after breakfast preparing the UGR. jN worked at home refining the object processing system for all units. [Input: T726JW.j]
2009-07-29 jW All staff members worked in the house. jW worked on updating the UGR; sE prepared logs and templates for views; eA processed objects for J5 and J2; jN worked on site-wide object processing. [Input: T729JW.j]
2009-07-30 jW jN worked at home after breakfast on the site-wide item processing and storage system. eA departed early to prepare lunch. [Input: T730JW.j]
2009-08-01 jW jW worked at home on the UGR before breakfast. sE worked on the UGR at home after breakfast. [Input: T801JW.j]
2009-08-02 jW sE worked at home after breakfast entering data and preparing templates. [Input: T802JW.j]
2009-08-03 jW jW worked at home for substantial periods before and after breakfast peparing the UGR for a stratigraphic review by the staff tomorrow. [Input: T803JW.j]
2009-08-04 jW This was a scheduled UGR preparation day for all of the staff, who worked at home. eA continued to process objects. sE completed templates and prepared Harris Matrices for all new features. jN worked on accouting for all items site-wide. jW pepared a stratigraphic analysis and worked on resolving surveying issues with Adib. The staff met with gB, mKB, and fAB to develop a new stratigraphic sequence, J5A, based on the site-wide sequence, MZA, and the MZ21 sequence, JPC. The focus of this initial session was on the early periods (pre-Mittani) since the work of last season established a good sequence for the Mittani period and thereafter. After a field review tomorrow we will assign strata to features f201 to f240 and to review types of contact. [Input: T804JW.j]
2009-08-05 jW gB and mKB met with the staff in the field to examine and discuss the proposed stratigraphic sequence, J5A. [Input: T805JW.j]
2009-08-18 jW Due to illness, jW worked at home some of the day preparing the UGR. [Input: T818JW.j]
2009-08-26 jW eA worked at home on the UGR before breakfast. jW worked on the UGR at home after breakfast. [Input: T826JW.j]
2009-08-27 jW jN worked at home before breakfast processing objects. After breakfast, jW and sE worked at home for one-hour periods on the UGR. [Input: T827JW.j]