Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase (Version 1a)

J5 synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Phase 7jJ5B within Unit J5

James L. Walker – October 2012

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Stratigraphy

Phase 7j (Stratum 161) is defined by the erosional effects on floors and escarpments. During and after storms water flowed north to south along the west face of the revetment wall and eroded the adjacent floors and accumulations. Erosion channel, f222, which cut soil lens, f218, provides a good example.

Because one would have expected the water to have flowed to the west off the mound, we suspect that there must have been a wall to the west of the revetment wall that acted as a channel to confine the water.

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Typology

Ceramics are almost all Mitanni. Items include ubiquitous clay and lithic artifacts.

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