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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f135

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2005-08-02 sC accumulation D [Input: P803AL2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-02 aL We defined f135 as a natural accumulation in k4; f135 is the cleaning of the top surface of k4 (10 cm) that was exposed throughout all winter and contaminated by modern trash. It has a very compact and hard surface but once dug it showed a softer consistence. The texture is crumble with pebbles and pottery. In the SW corner there were signs of fire made probably during the winter. This fire is discolored in parts of the southern and western walls of the unit. f135 is the same as f136 in k3 and f137 in k13. [Input: P802AL.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-08-02 sC k4 [Input: P803AL2.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-08-02 sC 8946 [Input: P803AL2.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2005-08-02 sC 8953 [Input: P803AL2.j]
Notes on volumetric localization 2005-08-21 mH The top elevation of this feature was 89.46 m. Last season (MZ17-O) the bottom of the last feature (f105) in k4 was 90.30 m, which leaves 84 cm to be accounted for. The bottom elevation of the last feature excavated last year (f112) in k3 and recorded in last year's feature log is 89.73, which is closer to the top elevation of f135. Last year we left the southern part of k4 higher than the northern part and it is possible that the bottom elevation given for f105 refers only to this higher part of k4. aP's notes for feature f105 suggest that this is the right interpretaion, although the meaning of her note is not altoghether clear. [Input: P821MH.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-03-11 pC f105 (lens type d) covers f135 (accumulation D) [Input: S211PC2.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-03-11 pC f135 (accumulation D) covers f139 (accumulation D) [Input: S211PC2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s158J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2009-09-14 !! ^bf (bf) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h7jJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2005-09-14 mH Same in elevation as f136 in k3, f140 in k13, and f138 in k101. [Input: S215PC.j]
2008-03-05 pC elevation [Input: S305PC.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2008-03-05 pC Was exposed through the winter and therfore contaminated [Input: S305PC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2005-09-14 mH Very compact and hard surface, which suggests water deposits. [Input: S215PC.j]
2011-05-16 cJC Upper layers of brickfall based on elevation [Input: V516CJC.j]
2011-11-21 cJC Elevation equivalent to upper level brickfall features, covers some of the features associated with the brickfall use areas. Exposed between seasons so possibly contaminated. [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 2005-08-02 sC grey [Input: P803AL2.j]
Hardness, compaction 2005-08-02 sC very compact and hard at the top but once dug it revealed a softer crumbling consistency with pebbles and pottery [Input: P803AL2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2005-08-02 sC yes [Input: P803AL2.j]