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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f238

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2005-08-23 sC floor, type b [Input: P913MH.j]
Best image 2008-03-12 pC
v105 [Input: S211PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 0000-00-00 sc f238 (v104, v104a) is a floor surface in k103 (below f236) that covers all the unit. It is characterized by a very soft and fine texture, clayish (wet is sticky and plastic) and by the presence of ash lenses spread in the central area of the square. [Input: P829SC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Harmonization 2010-12-30 cJC The top elevation was originally listed as 7366 which is obviously too low, not to mention that it is lower than the ending elevation. Based on a comparison with the ending elevation of the previous feature and an examination of the q-lot entries it seems more likely that the top elevation should be 8836. [Input: U809YM.j]
Notes on recovery 0000-00-00 sc f238 presents a difference between the top elevation in the N and the top elevation in the S area of the square. The top elevation in the N area is m3953 +30 -166, while on the S is m3953 +10 -166. The same occur for the bottom elevation: the bottom elevation is m3953 +30 -166 in the N area, while on the S is m3953 +10 -166. [Input: P829SC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-08-23 sC k103 [Input: P913MH.j]
Elevation 2010-12-30 cJC 8836@top [Input: U809YM.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-08-23 sC 7366 [Input: P913MH.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2005-08-23 sC 8813 [Input: P913MH.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-03-12 pC f236 (accumulation B) covers f238 (floor, type b) [Input: S211PC2.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 0000-00-00 sC q610 (bones, pottery) sits in f238 (floor, type b) [Input: P908MH2.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-03-12 pC f238 (floor, type b) covers f240 (accumulation B) [Input: S211PC2.j]
2008-03-12 pC f238 (floor, type b) overlays f245 (accumulation B) [Input: S211PC2.j]
2008-03-12 pC f238 (floor, type b) overlays f246 (accumulation D) [Input: S211PC2.j]

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]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2005-09-14 mH Below f231 in elevation. f231 dated to Phase h1JPA with pottery. [Input: S215PC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-05-16 cJC Sloping accumulation in front of revetment wall, elevation just above the sloping layers associated with the construction of the revetment wall [Input: V516CJC.j]
2011-11-21 cJC This accumulation abuts f240, so likely belongs to the same stratum [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 0000-00-00 sc dark brown [Input: P829SC.j]
0000-00-00 sc dark gray [Input: P829SC.j]
0000-00-00 sc light brownish gray [Input: P829SC.j]
2005-08-23 sC brown [Input: P913MH.j]
Color number (Munsell) 0000-00-00 sc 10 YR 6/2 [Input: P829SC.j]
0000-00-00 sc 7.5 YR 4/1 [Input: P829SC.j]
0000-00-00 sc 7.5 YR 4/4 [Input: P829SC.j]
2005-08-23 sC 7.5YR5/4 [Input: P913MH.j]
Hardness, compaction 2005-08-23 sC very soft [Input: P913MH.j]
Texture, surface finish 2005-08-23 sC fine [Input: P913MH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v105
2004-08-25 sC [Input: S204PC2.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2005-08-23 sC P825 [Input: P913MH.j]