| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Definition |
2010-02-12 |
sC |
Build-up of tell [Input: U212SC2.j] |
| Description (summary) |
2010-02-12 |
sC |
Below the topsoil layer (s2), we have been digging basically the same type of accumulations in all the J04 loci investigated in the 2006 excavation season (k71-74, k61-64). The accumulations found were all wind and water-born in nature, with the build-up formed by the wind-blown soil being almost 2m in depth, as it is visibile in the long N-S section of J04 unit (cfr. v32 and related subviews). Generally, the first 10cm below the topsoil layers were still rich in organic materials (given the presence of several bushes on the topsoil). All the accumulations below the topsoil layer, especially in the first 50cm, consisted generally of a very regular layering. The water-born accumulation were characterized, on the top surface, by a hard and smooth-regular surface, and immediately below, by several layers of small pebbles, settled on the basis of their size (some of these were cleary visible, for example, in the north section of k72). While removing the natural accumulations below the topsoil layer, pottery sherds, bones and -sporadicly- some items and q-items have been recovered. Their presence is related with the erosion of the tell surface: this, in fact, is not material that is associated with any human presence or activity within J04 unit in this time period. [Input: U212SC2.j] |
| 2010-02-12 |
sC |
Natural accumulations below the topsoil layer (aprox. 1m deep) [Input: U212SC2.j] |
| 2010-02-12 |
sC |
Below the topsoil layer (corresponding to s2), we have been digging basically the same type of accumulations in all the J04 loci investigated in the 2006 excavation season (k71-74, k61-64). The accumulations found were all wind and water-born in nature, with the build-up formed by the wind-blown soil being almost 2m in depth, as it is visibile in the long N-S section of J04 unit (cfr. v32 and related subviews). Generally, the first 10cm below the topsoil layers were still rich in organic materials (given the presence of several bushes on the topsoil). All the accumulations below the topsoil layer, especially in the first 50cm, consisted mostly of a very regular layering. The water-born accumulation were characterized, on the top surface, by a hard and smooth-regular surface, and immediately below, by several layers of small pebbles, settled on the basis of their size (some of these were cleary visible, for example, in the north section of k72). While removing the natural accumulations below the topsoil layer, pottery sherds, bones and -sporadicly- some items and q-items have been recovered. Their presence is related with the erosion of the tell surface: this, in fact, is not material that is associated with any human presence or activity within J04 unit in this time period. [Input: U212SC3.j] |