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Principles
For an introduction to the basic principles of emplacement see the Grammar.
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Horizontal surfaces
There were 49 surfaces excavated comprising 13% of the features excavated. There are 21 pavements defined by their composition and 28 floors generally defined by the degree of compaction and plastering.
- 13 of the floors within the circular portion of the ābi were floor type a, or plastered.
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Layering
There were 221 layers comprising 58% of the total features excavated.
- Accumulations were the most common (192) most having been deposited as a result of human activity and only some by weathering.
- Topsoil accounted for about 4% of the features yet covered most of the area.
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Amorphous amassment
There were 54 examples (14%) of features identified as amorphous amassments, (which groups deposits whose orientation is random) comprising 8% of the features excavated. Pit fills and brick fall constituted the corpus.
- Volumetric material has no stratigraphic significance and is often material removed en mass from baulks or pits.
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Ordered aggregation
Walls account for 10% of the features. 59 features in total (15%) are included in this category.
- The walls in A12 are primarily those in the ābi, both in the square and round sections.
- Other features in the area are burials (9), tannurs (6) a hearth (1) and stone installations (4%).
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Features that are in contact form the basis for identifying strata. There are five major groups that encompass all possibilities. Covers is the most common contact type having 39% of the total while abuts follows with 26 %.
- Except for pit fill, not many features Sit in another. However, items including ceramics universally sit in another feature, usually an accumulation.
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