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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f354

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2009-07-30 cJC lens [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Summary 2009-09-09 cJC Accumulation immediately to the west of f127, where it met with the curtian wall f344. It is composed of gray laminations overlaying the hard gray layer, f319. This feature was probably created by water collecting near the base of the corner of the two walls (f344 and f127). [Input: T901CJC.j]
Best image 2009-09-09 cJC
v174 [Input: T901CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2009-08-01 cJC Layer covering the hard gray layer (f319) in k14. This feature comes apart in flaky layers. It is probably composed of laminations created by water. It is a mix of the gray surfaces with brown softer soil. It is located to the south of where wall f334 was located. It is possible that the laminations were caused by the location of the wall. It is not very compacted. [Input: T801CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-07-30 cJC k14 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-07-30 cJC 8757 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2009-07-30 cJC 8736 [Input: T822CJC2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-29 cJC f335 (brickfall) overlays f354 (lens) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-08-29 cJC f336 (accumulation) overlays f354 (lens) [Input: T829CJC.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-07-30 cJC q854 (bones, pottery) sits in f354 (lens) [Input: T804CJC.j]
2009-07-30 !! q854-p1 (xf) sits in f354 (lens) [Input: T804CJC.j]
2009-07-30 !! q854-p2 (cup) sits in f354 (lens) [Input: T804CJC.j]
2009-07-30 !! q854-p3 (xfx) sits in f354 (lens) [Input: T804CJC.j]
2009-07-30 !! q854-p4 (xfx) sits in f354 (lens) [Input: T804CJC.j]
2009-07-30 !! q854-p5 (bowl) sits in f354 (lens) [Input: T804CJC.j]
2009-07-30 !! q854-p6 (jar) sits in f354 (lens) [Input: T804CJC.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-09-02 cJC f354 (lens) overlays f319 (glacis) [Input: T830CJC.j]
2009-08-01 cJC f354 (lens) overlays f339 (floor, type b) [Input: T801CJC.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 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 This feature is possibly the same erosion and water damage that formed f339 and f371 and is thus assigned to the same feature. [Input: T916CJC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-11-21 cJC Although this feature is directly on top of the f319 which was dated to the construction of the monumental access it appears to be considerably later. Any accumulations that may have overlaid f319 appear to have been removed by erosion. The thin laminations of these layers indicates the presence of water, probably water that caused the erosion f366. As a result I have assigned the damaged features in this corner near the flanking wall f127 to the same stratum as the major erosion event. [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-07-30 cJC cl [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Color 2009-07-30 cJC gray [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Hardness, compaction 2009-07-30 cJC soft [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Texture, surface finish 2009-07-30 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]

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

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

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-07-30 cJC T730 [Input: T822CJC2.j]