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A99 When we first discovered a pebble surface adjacent to the stone stairway, a12, we defined it as a pavement (pv).  Further excavation and analysis showed that it was in fact a mass of pebbles behind dam, a11.  They were contained by the dam to the south and the stairway or the revetment wall, f41, to the east.  Although we have not yet excavated there, the dam had to have been anchored to the west by another wall, which would have provided the western containment for the pebble mass.  Although we can only speculate as to the function of the pebbles, it seems likely that they functioned as either a filter or settling basin.  For these reasons we have re-defined it as a stone installation (st-is).