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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f372

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! fill, dumping, collapse
Best definition 2009-08-09 cJC brickfall [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Summary 2009-08-30 cJC Feature with some articulated bricks, small stones and without clearly defined boundaries. [Input: T830CJC.j]
Best image 2009-09-09 cJC
v177 [Input: T901CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-30 cJC This feature was not fully explored this season as we finished the excavations in k15 before fully exposing it. At first it appeared to be a bricky material but we found that nearby there were also some disturbed layers and small stones and heavy erosion to the west. It is possible then that this is not a brick surface or brickfall but rather a combination of different materials all mixed together by erosion. This question remains open for next year when this area will likely be excavated fully. [Input: T830CJC.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-09 cJC Bricky material, possibly brickfall. On the surface we see some partially defined brick pieces of red and gray color. It appears to be the same color brickfall of f338 but it is probably not the same brickfall as they are separated by f339 and f371. [Input: T809CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-09 cJC k15 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-08-09 cJC 8726 [Input: T822CJC2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-29 cJC f365 (floor, type d) overlays f372 (brickfall) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-08-09 cJC f371 (accumulation D) overlays f372 (brickfall) [Input: T809CJC.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-08-29 cJC f372 (brickfall) overlays f374 (floor, type c) [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 Based on elevation, this feature is assigned to the same strata as those immediately around it. [Input: T916CJC.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 and red [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Hardness, compaction 2009-08-09 cJC soft [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]

v175
2009-08-11 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v176
2009-08-11 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v176a
2009-08-11 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v176c
2009-08-11 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v177
2009-08-11 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v178b
2009-08-11 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

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

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

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-08-09 cJC Not removed [Input: T822CJC2.j]
2009-08-19 cJC This feature was not excavated and will remain when k15 is backfilled. [Input: T819CJC2.j]