Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace - Version 2

A16 Synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Strata sequence for unit A16 (AAH)

Caitlin Chaves Yates – June 2016

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Introduction

The strata definition currently in use for A16 is labeled AAH. It was established in 2016 to correlate the AA sequence with the MZA and JPD sequences currently in use for the other books. Prior to the establishment of the AAH sequence, A16 was using the AAC sequence established in September 17, 2001. The AAC sequence for A16 is preserved here. The full strata and phase sequences including correlations across books are given in the MZ sitewide book.

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The strata definition chart (AAH)

phase stratum definition of stratum
9s 10 Topsoil
20 Mixed and volumentric features
30 Mixed and volumentric features
8 No phase 8 material recovered from A16
7 No phase 7 material recovered from A16
6v 230 Brickfall
6m 235
240
244
245
246
Abadonment
Accumulations
Accumulations in house burials
House tumuli burials (a9, a6)
Floors associated with burials
6h 250
255
Accumulations in burials
Burials
6c 260
265
270
280
285
Scattered accumulations and pits
Dumping in depression
Early dumping in depression
Square pit burials (a16)
Small pits/extramural accumulation
5c 380
390
first reshaping of surface after abandonment of Palace
Collapse of palace
4m 490 jar smash; thin accumulations in paved Palace courtyard
4k 510 Use of pavement in Palace.
4j 530 Construction of stone pavement in Palace. Construction of baked brick sub-pavement
4f 540      [Alternative date for construction of sub-pavement]
4c       pre-Palace evidence
           material from later cuts

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