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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f370

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2009-08-09 cJC floor, type a [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Summary 2009-09-09 cJC Plaster 'floor' in k5. It is composed a few fragmentary pieces of plaster on a level surface that may have originally formed a floor but now it is heavily damaged and difficult to determine. It is composed of 3 main patches of plaster, which contain very fragmentary plaster pieces and no complete surface. [Input: T901CJC.j]
Best image 2009-09-09 cJC
v173 [Input: T901CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-09 cJC At first we thought this feature was a plaster floor but it is not positive. It may instead be an eroded portion of something plastered that has washed down and been included in the features immediately in front of the apron (f131). We hope to find the answer to this question by investigating the thin white/yellow layer seen in the west section of k5 to see if it is a plaster floor. [Input: T809CJC.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-09 cJC Very damaged plaster floor. It is only visible in small patches which are very damaged and retain almost no surface. The feature is composed of small pieces of plaster, about 1-2 cm in size that are grouped together on the same plane giving the appearance of a floor. [Input: T809CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Strategy (projected or implemented) 2009-08-09 cJC Because we cannot conclusively determine if this is a plaster floor based on the few remaining patches exposed in k4 we hope to examine closely the white/yellow thin line we see in the west section of k5 to see if it is a plaster floor which would allow us to more safely suggest that f370 is indeed a plaster floor. [Input: T809CJC.j]
Argument 2009-08-19 cJC This feature may be the same as the thin plaster layer seen in the west section of k5 which we have labeled f375. f375 is much more defined and less patchy but it is plausible they were connected at one point. It seems unlikely that the floor was completely plastered unless it was heavily damaged because we found no remaining large pieces of plaster but only tiny whitish yellow inclusions. [Input: T819CJC2.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-09 cJC k4 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2009-08-09 cJC r1099 (39011 50718 - 8714 / Relay location: Center point of SW small patch f370) [Input: T820CJCR.j]
2009-08-09 cJC r1100 (39048 50695 - 8712 / Relay location: center point middle patch f370) [Input: T820CJCR.j]
2009-08-09 cJC r1101 (39083 50674 - 8719 / Relay location: NW patch of plaster f370) [Input: T820CJCR.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-08-09 cJC 8719 [Input: T822CJC2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-29 cJC f367 (lens) covers f370 (floor, type a) [Input: T829CJC.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-08-29 cJC f370 (floor, type a) overlays f368 (floorsurface in general) [Input: T829CJC.j]
Notes on contact association 2009-08-29 cJC This feature is extremely fragmentary and consists of only three small patches. In some areas it appears to overlay f368, while in other areas it appears to be sitting in the erosion f367 with portions of f367 covering it. In the types of contact I have only described it as covered by f367 and overlaying f368 for ease of explanation but the situation is not very clear. [Input: T829CJC.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s620J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2010-11-28 !! ^fl2 [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h3sJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2009-09-16 cJC Sits inside EDIII features identified by ceramics and stratigraphy [Input: T916CJC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-11-21 cJC Floor just after the rebuilding, Associated with f367, f368. [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-09 cJC plaster [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Color 2009-08-09 cJC white [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Hardness, compaction 2009-08-09 cJC soft [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Texture, surface finish 2009-08-09 cJC crumb [Input: T822CJC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v172a
2009-08-08 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v172c
2009-08-08 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v173
2009-08-09 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v173a
2009-08-09 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v173b
2009-08-09 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v173c
2009-08-09 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v173d
2009-08-09 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-08-09 cJC Not removed [Input: T822CJC2.j]