.bk J02 .fl T826cJC.j .fd view descriptions, survey explanation of loci .rd T826 .ri cJC -sy After plotting the J2 loci from MZ22 it became apparent that they do not exactly match the squares of the previous years. This is not totally unexpected as we had many problems at the beginning of the season trying to reestablish the squares due to the small number remaining markers in J2 as well as the depth of J2 compared to the remaining markers. The differences are not substantial but should be noted. k 15 fo After plotting the J2 loci from MZ22 it became apparent that they do not exactly match the squares of the previous years. This is not totally unexpected as we had many problems at the beginning of the season trying to reestablish the squares due to the small number remaining markers in J2 as well as the depth of J2 compared to the remaining markers. The differences are not substantial but should be noted. k 4 fo After plotting the J2 loci from MZ22 it became apparent that they do not exactly match the squares of the previous years. This is not totally unexpected as we had many problems at the beginning of the season trying to reestablish the squares due to the small number remaining markers in J2 as well as the depth of J2 compared to the remaining markers. The differences are not substantial but should be noted. k 5 fo After plotting the J2 loci from MZ22 it became apparent that they do not exactly match the squares of the previous years. This is not totally unexpected as we had many problems at the beginning of the season trying to reestablish the squares due to the small number remaining markers in J2 as well as the depth of J2 compared to the remaining markers. The differences are not substantial but should be noted. v 183 sm View of all of all J2 showing the full extent of the salmon-colored floor f359. The places where f359 have been eroded (now showing f369) are clearly visible. v 184 sm View of all of J2 in front of the apron showing the extent of the salmon-colored floor f359. It is possible to see where the floor f359 does not extend all the way to the base of the apron (f131), a problem probably caused by erosion. This view is taken from J6 as the floors probably extended across the cut of the trench into J6 but we no longer have the stratigraphic connection due to the cut of the trench. See also v187 v 186 sm View of the erosion cut (f376) after the fill f367 has been removed. This view shows the angle of the cut in relation to apron (f131). The erosion was possibly caused by water coming down off the stairs of the apron, which are angled slightly to the southwest as is the erosion channel. v 186a sm This view was taken to demonstrate the possibility that the cut and removal of the northern portion of f359 was caused by water coming down from the apron (f131). This view shows the angle of the stairs of the apron in relation to the erosion. v 187 sm View of the full extent of f359 in the morning light. It is possible to see where the floor f359 does not extend all the way to the base of the apron (f131), a problem probably caused by erosion. This view is taken from J6 as the floors probably extended across the cut of the trench into J6 but we no longer have the stratigraphic connection due to the cut of the trench. See also v184 v 187a sm View of the whole area of J2 showing exposure of f359. This view was taken in the morning light to try and capture the color of the salmon-colored floor f359. See also v179. v 187b sm Overhead view of the area in front of the apron (f131) showing extent of f359 in the morning light. See also v183. v 187c sm Closer overhead view of area in front of the apron showing full extent of f359 and the cut of the erosion f367 which exposes f369. This view was taken in the morning light. v 161 sm View of the collapsed portion of the wall f346. The internal soil of the wall is f351. Each stone has been assigned a separate component number. This view clearly shows the brickfall, f341, coming up to the wall in south but not covering it. It is notable that the collapsed stones of the wall (such as f346.18, f346.5, f346.6) are under the brickfall indicating that the wall had already collapsed by the time the brickfall came and covered it.This wall is probably a continuation of the wall f334/f288. v 161a sm View of the collapsed portion of the wall f346 showing its position south of the revetment wall (f128). The collapsed stones have fallen away from the revetment wall. v 161b sm View looking north at the collapse of the wall f346. v 161c sm View of f351 the internal soil of wall f346. v 162 sm View of floor f355 with sherds laying flat on it. This view shows the location of f355 under several level accumulations (f350, f353, f347, f344). This area was in constant use with the buildup of several floors after the use of f355. v 164 sm View showing extent of the lens of pebbles, f358 sitting in f357. f358 is contained to the southern section of k110. The even layers above f358 are visible in the south section. v 164a sm View of pebbles and sherds in f358. They are not all lying flat and appear to be somewhat disturbed, especially in the southeast corner. It is possible that this lens was created by water. v 164b sm View to the northeast showing f358's location in the south of k110 and its location relative to the apron (f131). v 166 sm View of the salmon-colored floor, f359, after it had been exposed in all of k110. It appears to cover the entire locus. The small baulk by the stairs is the area where we intend to remove micromorphology samples from. v 166a sm View west showing f359 after it has been exposed in all of k110. In the background the unexcavated loci, k4, k5 and k15 can be seen. v 166b gf 358 gf 357 gf 355 gf 353 gf 350 gf 347 gf 344 sm View south of f359 covering all of k110. In the south section the level layers (f358, f357, f355, f353, f350, f347 and f344) can all be seen indicating that this area was continually in use after the construction of the salmon-colored floor. v 166c sm View of layer sloping up to the base of the apron (f131). When this photograph was taken we initially assumed this to be the same as f359 but after further investigation it is probably f378 instead of f359. There are some reddish portions close to the base of the apron and so we can still infer that f359 originally extended across all of k110 and right up to the base of f131. v 167 sm View of west section k110. The raised small stub in the south is what remained after the cement stairs were removed. In the south corner the correlation of f357 with f363, f364 and f365 is visible. In k110 we only identified one feature with many natural accumulations but in section we were able to more clearly identify different natural accumulations which we then excavated as f363, f364, and f365. v 167a sm View of west section k110 with the section string in place. v 168 sm This view shows the location of the patch of sherds and pebbles, f362 in relation to the brickfall (f338) and the erosion cut (f366) in the south section. It appears that the erosion has removed the western portion of f362 as it does not extend to the west. v 168a sm View of f362, the patch of sherds and pebbles, showing its location in relation to the apron f131. f362 does not extend northwards towards the apron but instead is contained to the southern portion of k5. v 168b sm View of pebbles and sherds of f362 looking west showing how far west it extends before being cut by f366. v 168c sm Close-up overhead view of f362 showing the emplacement of the sherds and pebbles. v 169 sm View of the naturally accumulated floors of f364 and f365 in k4 and k5. Both floors were composed of very flaky layers, often different to separate. This view shows the many levels of accumulation in front of the apron (f131). v 169a sm View looking south showing naturally accumulated floors (f365 and f634) in relation to the erosion cut (f366) and the brickfall (f338). v 170 sm View of the north section of k5 immediately in front of the apron (f131). This view is only of the eastern half of the section. The west half of the section is seen in subview 170a, but the features are the same. Only one feature, f365 is visible in this section. We left this small portion when we excavated k5 so we could draw the north section immediately in front of the apron (f131) but we removed the baulk after removing all of f365 in k5. We never continued this practice of leaving the north baulk because we only removed f365 in k4 before stopping in these two loci (k4 and k5). This section was drawn. This view is without the section string. v 170a sm View of west half of k5 north section. This view is the western half of the main view. This section was too large to really see in a wide view so there are subviews of each half of the section. This view is without the section string in place. v 170b sm View of east half of k5 north section with the section string in place. This section was too large to really see in a wide view so there are subviews of each half of the section. v 170c sm View of west half of k5 north section with the section string in place. This section was too large to really see in a wide view so there are subviews of each half of the section. v 171 sm View of the west section of k5. f375 was at first only identified in section as a thin yellow white line. It was later exposed fully in k15. It is inside of the naturally accumulated floors of f364 and f365. This is the view of the section after it was drawn without the section string. v 171a sm View of the west section of k5. f375 was at first only identified in section as a thin yellow white line. It was later exposed fully in k15. It is inside of the naturally accumulated floors of f364 and f365. This is the view of the section after it was drawn with the section string still in place. v 172 sm View of cut of erosion f376 and its fill f367 when they were first exposed. In this view the northern edge of f359 can be seen. The fill, f367, can be seen overlaying both f368, f369 and f359. v 172a sm Close-up view of f368 lapping up to the bottom visible step of the apron (f131) and the fill of the erosion f367 overlaying that. Also visible are some small patches of plaster, f370. v 172b sm West view of the eroded features clearly showing f367 overlaying f369, f368 and f369. Some small spots of f370 are also visible. v 172c sm Overhead view of erosion channel (f376) and the fill f367 in front of the apron (f131). The fill, f367, can be seen overlaying f368, f369 and f359. v 173a sm Close-up view showing the area where the plaster patches (f370) were found. v 173b sm Overhead close-up view showing the location of small patch of plaster f370. There were three patches and in this view the small arrow indicates the middle patch. f370 appears to be sitting on top of the erosion fill f367 although due to the erosion many of the features in this area are complicated and difficult to separate. v 173c sm Overhead close-up view showing the location of small patch of plaster f370. There were three patches and in this view the small arrow indicates the northwest patch. This portion of the plaster appears to be sitting on top of f368. v 173d sm Zoom view of plaster to show its fragmentary nature and the small size of each patch. v 174 sm Overhead view of f339 with before the laminations of f371 are removed. This very hard feature overlays several other features including f374 and f372. v 174a sm View south of f339, the hard erosion surface, showing its relationship to the brickfall f338. The brickfall rests directly on top of f339 suggesting that f339 was the last surface before the brickfall and was a result of the erosion (f366). v 174b sm View of hard layer f339 showing its location relative to the revetment wall f128. Originally it was thought that f339 might be the a glacis, as was suggested for f319 in the previous excavations but now we assume it was a result of the erosion we see in the south section in front of the apron (f366). v 174c sm Overhead view of f339 showing the laminations of f371 on its surface in the northern part of f339. The flakes came off very easily and may have originally been part of f339 that was damaged by water creating the laminations we have called f371. v 175 sm Overhead view of eroded features in k15. The features are lowest in the northern portion, with f374 overlaid by f348 which is overlaid by f373. The red color of f348 and the pink color of f373 are well represented in this photo. The small brick and pebble portion, f372 is shown in the upper right corner. These features were probably cut by ancient erosion and all of them were originally overlaid by f339, the hard erosion surface. v 175a sm View looking south of eroded features, f348, 374 and f373 and their relationship to the brickfall, f338 and f341. The brickfall rests almost immediately on top of the eroded features suggesting there was not much time between the moment of erosion and the brickfall. v 176 sm View showing extent of plaster-inclusion floor f375. This feature was first identified in the west section of k5 and then exposed in k15. It does not extend across the whole area, in the south it simply fades out while to the west it is probably damaged by the same erosion that damaged the other features. v 176c sm View looking south showing the plaster floor f375 showing that it does not extend all the way south to the baulk. v 177 sm View of plaster floor f375 after it has been completely exposed. v176 was thought to be the full extent but when excavating we found that it extended slightly further south so we re-photographed it. v 177a sm View west of full extent of plaster floor f375. v176 was thought to be the full extent but when excavating we found that it extended slightly further south so we re-photographed it. v 178 sm View of the erosion channel f376 as it extends from k5 into k15. It is filled with f367 in which you can see several pebbles and larger sherds. This view, with the south section clearly shows that there were at least two moments of erosion, that which created f376 and its fill f367 and the cut of f366 seen in the south section which comes down and cuts through several features that overlay f367. v 178a sm View of the erosion channel f376 as it extends from k5 into k15. It is filled with f367 in which you can see several pebbles and larger sherds. This view shows the location of the channel in relation to the wall f127 and the apron f131. v 178b sm View of erosion channel looking west from k5 into k15 showing that the channel extends from k5 into k15 towards the southwest. Also visible in the background are the eroded features f373, f348 and f372. v 179 sm Overall view of J2 after f359 had been fully exposed. Multiple views of the full exposure of f359 were taken as it was supposed that f359 may represent the first floor associated with the construction of the apron (f131), however, f359 was cut by erosion (f376) and also it is likely that the gray floor f369, f374, f378 is the first floor. In this view the cut of f359 is clearly visible showing how it does not extend all the way south to the bottom of the apron (f131). Also clearly visible in this view is the dramatic cut in the south section that has removed many features and is covered by the brickfall. v 179a sm View south of k110, k4 and k5 showing the full exposure of the salmon-colored floor f359. v 179b sm View south of k14, k15 after the full exposure of f359. In this view it can be seen that f359 does not turn the corner around from in front of the apron (f131) and extend north towards the revetment wall (f128). It is not clear if it originally did and was damaged by erosion or if f359 never extended this far. v 180 sm View of the full exposure of f359 in k110 looking south. v 180a sm View of full exposure of f359 in k110 showing how it extends out from the apron across the whole locus. Although the trench of k100 cuts f359 to the east it probably extended across in front of the stairs covering the lower staircase (f380) and reaching the middle of the last step of the second staircase f130. v 181 sm View of the salmon-colored floor f359 in front of the apron (f131) in k4 and k5. f359 does not extend all the way north to the base of the apron as it is cut by the erosion and instead f369, the layer under f359 is visible in the northern part of k5 and in k4. A small red patch, possibly f359 is preserved immediately in front of the apron. This patch may be f359 or it may be part of the same feature that forms f379 and f348 which are both also red in color. It is labeled as f359 in this photograph as we suggest that f359 probably did extend all the way up to the base of the apron before the erosion as indicated by this small red piece. v 181a sm View north of the eastern portion of k4 and k5 bordering k110 showing the exposure of f359 and how it does not extend up to the base of the apron (f131). v 181b sm View of the western portion of k4 and k5 showing the small portions of what appear to be f359 that remain touching the apron (f131). v 182 sm View looking north in k15, k14 and k15 showing whole area and how f359 does not come around the corner of the wall and extend up to the revetment wall. Visible in this picture are the eroded features f348 and f372, the laminations of f352. f319 is the last feature assigned in the previous excavations and is probably the surface we still have visible in MZ22. There is a sloping feature in k13 that was also previous excavated, most likely can be correlated with f248, the last feature assigned in k13.