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.fd features, additions, explanations, end of season
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f 382
ds Straight cut in southeast corner of k100. At first it appeared to be the cut of a pit but now we see it is too straight. It cuts through several pebble floors and accumulations. 
P1 We cut this feature back to make it a regular section to see the features it had cut through. 

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f 381
dy Today we found three human footprints impressed in f381 in addition to the animal print we had already found. We photographed the prints and took plaster casts. Only one plaster cast really turned out so we stopped casting them and decided to backfill until next year. 

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f 380
ds Lower monumental staircase. It has three main steps and may possibly include the first stones under the staircase of the main building phase (f130). It possibly extends further to the east and west into the baulks of k100. 
nl Previously the whole staircase was referred to as f130 but this season we found it necessary to refer to the two building phases separately and so we have assigned f380 to the lower (first) staircase. 

f 130
tc ov f380

f 378
ds Gray hard surface that abuts the lowest visible step of the apron. It has a laminated surface and is very hard. 
ar This may be the same as f369 in k4 but we have not removed the baulk in east k4 to see if they connect. It appears to possibly be the same feature as f381 in k110 but as we did not remove either feature it is difficult to tell. There are no impressions in f378. 
P1 This feature was not removed and will remain when k110 is backfilled. 

k 110
dy The southern portion of k110, covering the human footprints, was backfilled first with clean dirt, then a cloth covering, then plastic capped with more dirt. Next year it should be possible to still see the human footprints. 

f 377
tc ov f378

f 376
ds cut of erosion across k4, k5 and k15. It was filled by f367. It is a shallow cut with uneven edges. It cuts from the northeast corner of k4 where it touches the apron (f131) down to the southeast corner of k15. f376 has cut through f359, and reaches its bottom at the hard layer f369. This cut was probably formed by erosion caused by water that came down the apron and the staircase. 
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f 374
ar This feature is probably the same as f369 in k4 and k5 and as f378 in k110 but we do not have a direct connection due to the presence of the baulk in east k15 and in east k4. Also, we have not excavated these features this year but have only partially exposed them. All three features (f369, f374 and f378) are sloping gray layers with laminations. Additionally, where they are not eroded they appear to be overlaid with the same sequence of features (a red layer f379, f348) and then the salmon-colored floor f359. 

f 369
ar This feature is probably the same as f374 in k15 and as f378 in k110 but we do not have a direct connection due to the presence of the baulk in east k15 and in east k4. Also, we have not excavated these features this year but have only partially exposed them. All three features (f369, f374 and f378) are sloping gray layers with laminations. Additionally, where they are not eroded they appear to be overlaid with the same sequence of features (a red layer f379, f348) and then the salmon-colored floor f359. 

f 378
ar This feature is probably the same as f374 in k15 and as f369 in k4 and k5 but we do not have a direct connection due to the presence of the baulk in east k15 and in east k4. Also, we have not excavated these features this year but have only partially exposed them. All three features (f369, f374 and f378) are sloping gray layers with laminations. Additionally, where they are not eroded they appear to be overlaid with the same sequence of features (a red layer f379, f348) and then the salmon-colored floor f359. 

f 373
tc ov f348
=l f359
nl This feature when it first was excavated seemed very dissimilar to anything else we excavated in consistency and color but when we followed the hard salmon-colored floor (f359) across from east to west it appears to connect with f373. 
ar We now think that f373 is a damaged portion of the salmon-colored floor (f359). The heavy erosion in k15 could explain why the consistency of this portion of the floor seems so different. We did not remove this feature so this question could be further explored in subsequent excavations.

f 372
P1 This feature was not excavated and will remain when k15 is backfilled. 

f 371
ar This feature was a thin flaky layer immediately on top of f339 that separated easily. It appears to be a damaged portion of f339 rather than a separate deposition. Because f339 is thought to be the moment after the erosion (f366) when a harder 'crust' developed on top of the eroded layers it seems plausible that these accumulations on top are part of the erosion and formation of the crust (f339) before the brickfall (f338, f341). 

f 370
ar This feature may be the same as the thin plaster layer seen in the west section of k5 which we have labeled f375. f375 is much more defined and less patchy but it is plausible they were connected at one point. It seems unlikely that the floor was completely plastered unless it was heavily damaged because we found no remaining large pieces of plaster but only tiny whitish yellow inclusions.

f 359
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f 367
ad fill type 2
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ds After we excavated f367 we found it was an accumulation that filled in the erosion cut (f376). It is a natural accumulation with some larger sherds and pebbles in it that may have been deposited there when the erosion cut was filled by accumulations brought down the apron (f131) by water. 

f 366
ds This feature is the erosion cut that is seen in the south section in most of J2 (south k110, k5, k15). It slopes down from east to west and cuts through many layers. It slopes more sharply near the middle of the apron (f131). It has damaged or totally removed many features, virtually all seen in the south section of k110 as well as removing all the layers that would have extended into k5. 
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f 365
=l f357
ds Natural accumulation of many plate-like layers. It is a gray-yellow color. It continues across all the loci in front of the apron (f131) including k110 (where it is referred to as f357), k5 and k15. It is very coarse and difficult to break apart. It has sandy inclusions and some pebbles. There are some sherds laying flat between the layers but no distinguishable individual floor surfaces. It is very friable. 
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ha Because we were able to follow this feature across the loci without separations caused by baulks we were able to use the same feature number in all the loci. 

f 364
tc ov f365

f 362
tc ov f364