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Unit Book J6

The Northeastern End of the Temple Terrace and the Betili (Version 1a)

J6f275

Processed on 2025-01-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2009-07-17 pC ^glacis8 (escarpment) [Input: U717PC2.J]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2009-08-12 pC glacis [Input: T727YM.J]
Best image 2010-08-04 pC
v195 [Input: U804PC.J]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2009-08-12 pC a red compact accumulation, friable once exposed for several days it brakes off easily when it dries. It begins directly south of wall f218 and after about 1 meter it slopes down [Input: T810PC.J]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Argument 2009-08-12 pC most probably a series of layers of earth were laied at the base of wall f218 and f219, protecting the base: those layers are f265, f276, f275, f309, f314, f260, f242: they slope toward south and are intentionally layed. They are not wind blown accumulations for the reasons above mentioned [Input: T810PC.J]
2009-08-12 pC to me seemed that f275 could be the same of f164 in k83 for the following reasons: 1) the top surface of f275 has a clear shape, beginning south of wall f218 and sloping down after 1 meter; 2) the consistence and coloration is very similar to f164; 3) it is located also directly east of f129, as f164 and if one follows the slope of f275 one reaches f164: if wall f218 is not deep f275 would continue in f164; 4) it could have the same function as f164, as an escarpment to protect walls f129 and f218. Another plausible possibility is that is the same as escarpment f260, which is a reddish friable earth located also directly against wall f219 (which is the same wall as f218) and having the same characteristics and location [Input: T810PC.J]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-12 pC k82 [Input: T727YM.J]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-10 pC f269 (cut) cuts f275 (glacis) [Input: T810PC.J]
2009-08-10 pC f283 (cut) cuts f275 (glacis) [Input: U125PC.J]
2009-08-12 pC f278 (lens) intrudes f275 (glacis) [Input: T810PC.J]
2009-08-10 pC f274 (mx) rests on f275 (glacis) [Input: T810PC.J]
2009-08-10 pC f265 (accumulation D) covers f275 (glacis) [Input: T810PC.J]
2009-08-12 pC f276 (glacis) overlays f275 (glacis) [Input: T810PC.J]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-08-12 pC f275 (glacis) abuts f218 (wall) [Input: T810PC.J]
2010-07-27 pC f275 (glacis) abuts f256 (isolated stone) [Input: U125PC.J]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2010-07-29 pC s50J6A [Input: U815PC.J]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2010-07-29 !! h4mJ6A [Input: U815PC.J]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2010-07-30 pC is tentatively dated to Late Third Millennium on the base of the elevation, location and characteristics of the soil, very similar to ^glacis3 [Input: U730PC.J]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v191a
2009-08-09 pC [Input: T819PC.J]

v195
2009-08-11 pC [Input: T819PC.J]

v195a
2009-08-11 pC [Input: T819PC.J]

v196
2009-08-11 pC [Input: T819PC.J]

v198
2009-08-12 yM [Input: T819PC.J]

v198a
2009-08-12 yM [Input: T819PC.J]

v200
2009-08-12 yM [Input: T819PC.J]

v209
2009-08-18 yM [Input: T819PC.J]

v217
2009-08-25 yM [Input: TX04PC.J]

v217a
2009-08-25 yM [Input: TX04PC.J]

v218
2009-08-25 yM [Input: TX04PC.J]

v218a
2009-08-25 yM [Input: TX04PC.J]
w110
2010-07-17 pc [Input: U726PC.J]
w206
2010-07-17 pc [Input: U726PC.J]