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Unit Book J4

The Eastern Top of the Main Staircase (Version 1a)

Typological index with Frequency Computations
Objects (excluding ceramics) and samples
typologically by definition

Processed on 2026-01-18
Included here are movable elements, which are
  • either artifactual (objects such as seals ans seal impression, figurines or ceramic vessels), or
  • natural (samples and specimens such as charred wood, animal bones or botanical remnants).
They include both items and q-items, a distinction that is based on stratigraphic criteria.
Sherds are excluded and listed elsewhere, because, given the large amounts in which they occur, they would unduly skew the frequencies.

The main typological categories (surfaces, build-up, etc.) are listed according to types as defined in the pertinent section of the Grammar.


Category Total Percentage Definitions Sub-Total Percentage
animal bone 2 1% animal bones 2 100%
clay artifact 60 43% bead (clay) 2 3%
clay artifact 12 20%
clay lump 6 10%
figurine 23 38%
kiln waste 10 17%
seal impression 2 3%
token 1 2%
wheel 1 2%
Wheel 2 3%
whell 1 2%
lithic artifact 56 40% blade 9 16%
Blade 3 5%
debitage 1 2%
door socket 1 2%
Door socket 2 4%
flake 1 2%
Flake 8 14%
grinding stone 2 4%
Grinding stone 4 7%
lithic artifact 14 25%
polishing stone 1 2%
Polishing stone 3 5%
stone tool 4 7%
Stone tool 2 4%
weight 1 2%
metal artifact 5 4% arrowhead 2 40%
bracelet 1 20%
nail 1 20%
projectile point 1 20%
organic 5 4% sh 1 20%
shell artifact 4 80%
other 11 8% sample 11 100%
Total 139 100%

animal bone




Total: 2

organic > sh




Total: 1