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Unit Book A9

A9f345

Processed on 2024-07-27

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2001-10-10 jlw platform [Input: LX01JW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2001-10-01 jlw platform [Input: LX01JW.j]
Description (summary) 2001-10-01 jlw small, low platform made of mudbrick and plaster in the middle of the north baulk of k24. It is somewhat rectangular with the long dimension running N-S. Along the middle long axis there is a rectanular channel which leads to a large stone basin, i153, to the south. jw feared that it was the product of creative excavation, but Heike Pfaelzner, director of excavation for the German team working in another part of the tell, mentioned that she had seen a similar structure at Tell Quera that was used for processing grain or seeds. Large curved stone slabs would have sat in the groove (probably not rectanular) and the kernals would have been crushed and swept into the stone container where they would have been further processed by pounding with a long pole. In partial support of her theory, a large curved basalt slab can be seen in f14 in the unexcavated accumulation. [Input: LX01JW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2001-10-10 jlw k24 [Input: LX01JW.j]
M#/elev @top 2001-10-10 jlw 8904 [Input: LX01JW.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2001-10-10 jlw 8882 [Input: LX01JW.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: earliest events 2001-10-01 jlw f345 (platform) rests on f336 (pavement) [Input: LX01JW.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2001-10-01 jlw a41 (installation) [Input: LX01JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2001-10-10 jlw mud brick [Input: LX01JW.j]
Color 2001-10-10 jlw light brown [Input: LX01JW.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2001-10-10 jlw 7.5YR6/4 [Input: LX01JW.j]