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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f379

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2009-08-12 cJC floor, type b [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Summary 2009-09-09 cJC Thick layer of ashy accumulation mixed with hard reddish inclusions. It also has a very granular texture in some places. It may be part of a subfloor for f359. [Input: T901CJC.j]
Best image 2009-09-09 cJC
v191 [Input: T901CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-13 cJC This feature may be the same as f348 in k15 although we have no direct contact between the features. I suggest this because it looks very similar in the damaged area, with a reddish granular matrix. When we brush it with the whisk brush it looks almost exactly the same. [Input: T815CJC.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-13 cJC Dark gray (ashy) and red mix. The red portions are hard and seem to come apart in chunks where the darker gray parts are softer and ashy. We also found some pieces of charcoal inside the feature. There were some friable kiln waste of a green color that was not collected as it disintegrated to dust while excavating. The reddish yellow chunks correspond to 7.5YR8/6. A portion of f379 in the center of k110 appears to be damaged and is very red and granular. [Input: T815CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Procedures 2009-08-13 cJC This feature was excavated with the pick and the brush [Input: T815CJC.j]
Notes on recovery 2009-08-13 cJC When first exposing f377 we thought that it had a subsurface of ashy material but instead we came to understand that was a separate feature that we now call f379. Therefore, q-lots associated with f377 may include some material from f379. [Input: T815CJC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-12 cJC k110 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2009-08-13 cJC r1117 (42230 50102 - 8837 / Relay location: SE corner) [Input: T820CJCR.j]
2009-08-13 cJC r1118 (42331 50070 - 8845 / Relay location: East edge south point) [Input: T820CJCR.j]
2009-08-13 cJC r1119 (42394 50218 - 8848 / Relay location: East edge) [Input: T820CJCR.j]
2009-08-13 cJC r1120 (42457 50232 - 8854 / Relay location: north edge center point) [Input: T820CJCR.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-08-12 cJC 8711 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2009-08-12 cJC 8716 [Input: T822CJC2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-13 cJC f377 (lens) covers f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T815CJC.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-08-15 !! q891.1 (oaf) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 !! q891.2 (kiln waste) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 !! q891.3 (carbon sample) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 !! q891.4 (sample) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 sH q891 (pottery) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 !! q891-p1 (bowl) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 !! q891-p2 (cup) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 !! q891-p3 (xel) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
2009-08-15 !! q891-p4 (cup) sits in f379 (floor, type b) [Input: T826CJC2.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-08-13 cJC f379 (floor, type b) covers f381 (mud) [Input: T815CJC.j]
2009-08-13 cJC f379 (floor, type b) overlays f381 (mud) [Input: T815CJC.j]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s640J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 !! h3nJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2009-09-18 mKB q891-p4 beaded rim bowl yellow-green; q891-p3 cup or bowl with string cut base, thick at the base with lowest part of the body walls rounded near base; q891-p2 part of rounded rim but body shape unclear, red-brown, small sub-round chaff and calcite temper [Input: T920MKB3.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-05-16 cJC Forms subfloor of f359 which is assigned to stratum 630 [Input: V516CJC.j]
2011-11-21 cJC Above f392 which is presumed first floor but under f359 which belongs to the construction of the flanking wall f127 [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-12 cJC cl [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Color 2009-08-12 cJC red [Input: T822CJC2.j]
2009-08-13 cJC Reddish Yellow [Input: T815CJC.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2009-08-12 cJC 5YR7/6 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Hardness, compaction 2009-08-12 cJC hard with ashy portions [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Texture, surface finish 2009-08-12 cJC combination of hard chunks and very fine ash [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Notes on typology 2009-09-18 mKB only 4 shape sherds discovered in this feature [Input: T920MKB3.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v159
2009-07-25 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v159a
2009-07-25 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v191
2009-08-14 cJC [Input: T827CJC.j]

v191a
2009-08-14 cJC [Input: T827CJC.j]

v204
2009-09-21 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

v213
2009-09-21 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

v213a
2009-09-21 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-08-12 cJC T814 [Input: T822CJC2.j]