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Unit Book A9

A9a17

Processed on 2024-07-27

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 1999-06-27 jl doorway [Input: J703JL.j]
Best image 1999-07-11 !!
v25 [Input: J806JL2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 1999-06-28 jlw doorway [Input: J628JLW.j]
Description (summary) 1999-06-27 jl doorway between Rooms B1 and F1 [Input: J703JL.j]
1999-06-28 jlw doorway connecting sectors B and F of building AK. Specifically, formed from major EW brick walls f124 and f125, it is a key passageway between what is likely to have been parts of the building with separate functions. Unexcavated layers of accumulations within the boundaries are visible from the south and are expected to provide insight as to how the parts were functionally related. [Input: J628JLW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 1999-06-30 jlw began to excavate highest level of accumulation in doorway that was indistinguishable from surface soil. Then we excavated the highest threshold, which had an elevation of ???, stopping at the second highest, which had an elevation of ???. The contrast between the south face where the thresholds were clearly visible and the north face where it was all but impossible to distinguish any layers (except for narrow bands of ash) alerted us to the opportunity to learn more about the history of the building's occupation. (See gb discussions M2 and -sr of this date on a17.) Cleaned and straightened sections in preparation for a group discussion of this topic on J701. [Input: J630JLW1.j]
Procedures 1999-06-30 gb we will leave a section NS to show how door sills consist of a single brick against the southern door jambs (where door panel was). [Input: J630JLW1.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 1999-06-27 jl k6 [Input: J703JL.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 1999-07-31 jlw r364 (43770 34632 - 8349 / Relay location: k6) [Input: J731JLWR.j]
1999-07-31 jlw r365 (43705 34775 - 8343 / Relay location: k6) [Input: J731JLWR.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Features within aggregate 1999-06-27 jl f124 (wall), f125 (wall) [Input: J703JL.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Space definition (2st degree of specificity) 1999-06-30 gb There is a sequence of interesting pairing surfaces just N of doorway a17 which may be related in time as serving all similar functions in relation to the doorway. [Input: J630JLW1.j]
1999-06-30 gb the excavation shows a very interesting pattern that clarifies the use of the building. On the Northern (F1) side there is no stratigraphic distinction at all between floor accumulations, and no trace of floor surfaces. This is in marked contrast with the door sills clearly visible on the Southern (B1) side. There are two important consequences to be drawn from this. (1) The doorway was used as a doorway with a door panel and a door sill all the way through the mid to late strata of AK occupation. This demonstrates that the building was indeed used as a building, i.e., it was not abandoned. (2) on the other hand, the very gradual accumulation on the Northern side shows that there was no carry over of floor surfaces visible in the deposition. In other words, the very uniform accumulation we have witnessed espedcially in areas A6 and A10 does correspond to a gradual build-up within the building, even though there id no visible trace of successions of floors. Such an accumulation is rather deep(up to 2.5 ms in A6) which implies a long time lapse. It should be noted that the distinction between mid and high floors has always been based on absolute elevation only. [Input: J630JLW1.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v25
1999-07-11 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v25a
1999-07-11 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v25d
1999-07-11 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v27
1999-07-12 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v27a
1999-07-12 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v35
1999-07-24 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v36
1999-07-24 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v37
1999-07-24 jl [Input: J806JL2.j]

v42
1999-07-29 jlw [Input: J807JL.j]

v43
1999-07-29 jlw [Input: J807JL.j]

v53
1999-07-29 jlw [Input: J807JL.j]