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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2q889.4

Processed on 2025-12-04

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! lithic artifact
Best definition 2009-08-22 !! lithic specimen [Input: T822SH.j]
Best image 2014-01-02 cJC [Input: Y102CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q889 (bones, pottery)

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-22 sH lithic specimen [Input: T822SH.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-25 cJC This is a small black lithic flake. It is black but does not appear to obsidian. It may be a black colored chert. It has a bulbous percussion mark from where it was struck to remove it from the core. The edges do not appear to be secondarily worked. [Input: T825CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-08-13 !! q889.4 (lithic specimen) sits in f359 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T826CJC2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 !! s630J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2010-11-15 !! ^wall3 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h3pJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2009-08-22 sH 0.5 [Input: T822SH.j]
Length 2009-08-22 sH 2.2 [Input: T822SH.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2009-08-22 sH 1 [Input: T822SH.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2009-08-12 sH uc laf [Input: T823SH.j]
Field height 2009-08-12 sH 1 [Input: T823SH.j]
Field length 2009-08-12 sH 2 [Input: T823SH.j]
Field width 1 2009-08-12 sH 1 [Input: T823SH.j]
Field ware or material 2009-08-12 sH li [Input: T823SH.j]
Field color 2009-08-12 sH black [Input: T823SH.j]
Notes on field record 2009-08-12 sH it is flake [Input: T823SH.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-22 sH lithic [Input: T822SH.j]
Color 2009-08-22 sH black [Input: T822SH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2009-08-16 dm [Input: J02V22.j]

2009-08-16 dm [Input: J02V22.j]