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Unit Book A9

A9-strata description

Processed on 2023-08-22


Date Author Record
1999-06-16 gb what is exposed in quadrant 1 of k4 is important because it marks for the first time in A9 a transition from indistinct eroded collapse which in its higher portions became congealed as a result of stagnant water within a bowl-like depression. The presence of apparently burnt bricks and ash layers may suggest destruction. If so, we may head for a richer accumulation underneath it. [Input: J620JLW.j]
1999-06-21 jlw identical to f 76 [Input: J622JLW2.j]
1999-06-21 jlw possibly linked to f99, which can be seen in the section of the east baulk of k5. [Input: J622JLW2.j]
1999-06-21 jlw some 1997 records are not available on site. We believe that this is probably f1, but we can't be absolutely certain. [Input: J622JLW2.j]
1999-06-30 gb See note on M2 for a17. The general implication is that we may distinguish a palace occupation of AK (first floors) from a non-palace AK occupation (mid to high floors), when the building existed as a roofed building, but may possibly no longer have functioned as a palace. This might perhaps be explained if the main part of the building (to the N and E) had burnt down, and only the storehouse was spared and continued in use, but not as a portion of the palace. [Input: J630JLW1.j]
1999-06-29 gb what appeared to be a wall in k3 has disappeared again. We have now still many red patches, but masking a fine and rather greasy deposit, with many black chunks and patches of ash. In terms of absolute elevation, we are within the AK walls, but it hardly looks like palace accumulation. If the burnt bricks that appear in k5 and the eastern end of k4 reflect a burning of palace walls, we may be on the top of collapsed AK walls, hence in post palace accumulaton. In other words, it is possible that the service part of the palace did not burn and its walls were preserved to a greater height, but that in the Northern and Eastern portion there was a destruction which caused walls to be preserved to a lower elevation. [Input: J703JLW.j]