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Emplacement

Giorgio Buccellati – May 2024

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Stationary elements and contact associations

Emplacement refers to discrete physical elements as they appear when excavated, independently of any subsequent typological understanding. We focus here on stationary elements, in the four distinct categories described in the principles of stratigraphic analysis.

While elements are defined statically, they are seen dnamically in relationship to each other, depending on the contact associations which they exhibit in the ground, as defined by ten possible verbs.

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General statistics: elements

A15 A16 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 OH2 MZS
type#%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%
1.horizontal surfaces
   (floors, pavements)		86 14% 26 9% 22 8% 52 13% 19 7% 3 2% 19 7% 47 13% 1 2% 1 8% 163 83%
2.layering or gradual build-up
   (accumulations, layers) 		236 40% 166 56% 157 55% 241 61% 174 59% 110 64% 174 59% 162 46% 28 48% 8 67% 1,046 555%
3.amorphous amassment
   (fill, gully) 		48 8% 59 20% 21 8% 44 11% 33 11% 34 20% 33 11% 28 8% 5 9% 1 198 106%
4.ordered aggregation
   (walls, installations) 		223 37% 47 16% 38 14% 16 4% 69 23% 22 13% 69 23% 30 8% 0 0 514 138%
5.volumetric and mixed features
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 22% 0 13 22%
6.isolated stones
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 19% 0 11 19%
7.other features
   (rodent holes) 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16% 2 16%
593 298 238 353 295 169 295 267 58 12 1,677


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General statistics: contact associations

A15   A16   J1   J2   J3   J4   J5   J6   J7   OH2   MZS
verb #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%   #%
1a cuts 3 1%   98 14%   21 5%   32 5%   4 1%   6 2%   5 1%   18 4%   0   2 14%   189 47%
1b intrudes 18 4%   2 0.3%   0   10 2%   16 3%   0 4%   18 4%   1   0   2 14%   67 31%
2a leans against 0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2
2b rests on 20 5%   21 3%   27 7%   27 4%   37 6%   25 12%   20 5%   36 8%   0   0   213 50%
3a abuts 102 25%   166 24%   108 28%   212 32%   47 8%   24 11%   108 25%   105 22%   1 2%   0   873 176%
3b bonds 0   14 2%   2   2   1   3 2%   2   9 2%   0   0   33 7%
4a covers 161 40%   328 47%   104 27%   197 29%   200 33%   119 56%   164 40%   246 51%   23 56%   9 64%   1,551 443%
4b overlays 54 13%   34 5%   85 22%   139 21%   32 5%   2 1%   57 13%   160 33%   0   1 7%   564 120%
5a caps 0   0   0   2   3 1%   0   0   2   0   0   7 1%
5b sits in 47 12%   36 5%   40 10%   48 7%   260 43%   31 15%   46 12   58 12%   17 41%   0   583 157%
405   699   387   670   601   210   420   635   41   14   4,082

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