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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f319

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2005-09-05 mH glacis [Input: P913MH5.j]
Best image 2008-03-07 pC
v136 [Input: S206PC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-03-12 pC the glacis, consisting in a very hard sloping surface, which follow the slope of the layers underneath [Input: S211PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Argument 2008-03-12 pC probably due to its hardness and compact surface it was layed in order to permit the flow of water from wall f128; it can be the same kind of layer found in J1 at the same position in front of revetment wall [Input: S211PC2.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-09-05 mH k14 [Input: P913MH5.j]
Elevation 2005-09-12 mH 8781 [Input: P913MH7.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-09-05 mH 8793 [Input: P913MH5.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-29 cJC f335 (brickfall) overlays f319 (glacis) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-08-29 cJC f336 (accumulation) overlays f319 (glacis) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-08-29 cJC f337 (volumetric material) overlays f319 (glacis) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-08-29 cJC f352 (lens) overlays f319 (glacis) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-09-02 cJC f354 (lens) overlays f319 (glacis) [Input: T830CJC.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-03-12 pC f319 (glacis) abuts f127 (wall) [Input: S211PC2.j]
2008-03-12 pC f319 (glacis) abuts f289 (accumulation D) [Input: S211PC2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s650J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2009-08-17 !! ^mnacs (Accessway) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2009-09-14 !! ^apr1 (apron) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2009-09-14 !! ^stair2 (staircase) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2009-09-14 !! ^wall1 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2010-11-15 !! ^wall2 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2010-11-28 !! ^fl1 [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h3mJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2008-03-05 pC elevation and layers above dated to phase h1JPA [Input: S305PC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2005-09-14 mH Glacis associated with f288. [Input: S215PC.j]
2011-05-16 cJC This hard sloping layers is the lowest level excavated and abuts the bottom of the revetment wall (f128). It is under EDIII accumulations and so is dated to the same period as the other EDIIIb accumulations above it. [Input: V516CJC.j]
2011-11-21 cJC Hard gray layer associated with the construction of the monumental access. The type of contact with f127, the flanking wall, was not recorded originally but it likely runs underneath. In future excavations when the baulk just south of f127 is removed this question can be investigated further. [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2005-09-05 mH clay [Input: P913MH5.j]
Color 2005-09-05 mH very pale gray [Input: P913MH5.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2005-09-05 mH 10YR7/3 [Input: P913MH5.j]
Hardness, compaction 2005-09-05 mH very hard [Input: P913MH5.j]
Texture, surface finish 2005-09-05 mH very few inclusions, packed [Input: P913MH5.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v136
2004-09-12 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v179b
2009-08-12 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v182
2009-08-12 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v206
2009-09-21 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

v207
2009-09-21 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

v207a
2009-09-21 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2005-09-05 mH exposed, not excavated [Input: P913MH5.j]