Unit Book J5 (Version 1a)

Overviews. Stratigraphy

Volumetric data

James L. Walker – June 2025

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Principles

For an introdution to the basic principles of emplacement see the Grammar.

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Material removed

Approximately 900 cubic meters of soil were removed in the two seasons of excavations.

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Loci

Eighteen square loci and 5 irregularly shaped loci were excavated in 2008. Three square loci and 4 irregulaly shaped loci were excvated in 2009.

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Sections

Seventeen sections were drawn in 2008 and five sections were produced as templates in 2009.

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Sketches

Sketdches were made daily in a structured format to uniformly track excavation progress. They document the locations of features, q-lots, and items. 54 such sketches were made over two seasons while an additional 13 documented other events,

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Markers

A suveyor established accurate control points to define loci and to serve as refeence points for secondary position measuments of the location of constituents. Here one may find the surveyed coordinates of each.

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