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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f371

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2009-08-09 cJC accumulation D [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Summary 2009-09-09 cJC Gray laminations on top of the northern portion of f339. This feature is very flaky and comes apart easily. [Input: T901CJC.j]
Best image 2009-09-09 cJC
v174 [Input: T901CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2009-08-09 cJC gray flakey layer on top of f339. The layers are very thin and come apart easily. [Input: T809CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2009-08-09 cJC At this point it is unclear if this feature is the same as f339 but damaged by water or if it is a series of thin accumulations on top of f339. Today we began excavating this feature but did not recover any pottery so there is no q-lot. [Input: T809CJC.j]
Argument 2009-08-19 cJC This feature was a thin flaky layer immediately on top of f339 that separated easily. It appears to be a damaged portion of f339 rather than a separate deposition. Because f339 is thought to be the moment after the erosion (f366) when a harder 'crust' developed on top of the eroded layers it seems plausible that these accumulations on top are part of the erosion and formation of the crust (f339) before the brickfall (f338, f341). [Input: T819CJC2.j]
Evolution 2009-08-29 cJC This layer of thin laminations is probably part of the same depositional process that created all the small laminations in the southeast corner of k14, f354. It is likely that f354 and f371 are the same or at least created by the same process. [Input: T829CJC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-09 cJC k15 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-08-09 cJC 8729 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2009-08-09 cJC 8721 [Input: T822CJC2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-08-29 cJC f371 (accumulation D) overlays f339 (floor, type b) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-08-09 cJC f371 (accumulation D) overlays f372 (brickfall) [Input: T809CJC.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s161J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2010-11-28 !! ^ersn2 [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h7jJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2009-09-16 cJC Probably part of f339, this feature is associated with early Mittani erosion. [Input: T916CJC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-11-21 cJC Part of erosion processes. Inconclusively dated as there is no pottery but it seems to be damaged by erosion. It could possibly be a third millennium floor damaged by erosion but for now it has been attributed to the period of erosion. [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

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

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v174
2009-08-09 sH [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v174a
2009-08-09 sH [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v174b
2009-08-09 sH [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v174c
2009-08-09 sH [Input: T826CJC3.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-08-09 cJC T810 [Input: T822CJC2.j]