1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | !! | !! | installation |
| Best definition | 1999-06-27 | jl | doorway [Input: J703JL.j] |
| Best image | 1999-07-11 | !! |  v25 [Input: J806JL2.j] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1999-06-28 | jlw | doorway [Input: J628JLW.j] |
| Description (summary) | 1999-06-27 | jl | doorway between Rooms B1 and F1 [Input: J703JL.j] |
| 1999-06-28 | jlw | doorway connecting sectors B and F of building AK. Specifically, formed from major EW brick walls f124 and f125, it is a key passageway between what is likely to have been parts of the building with separate functions. Unexcavated layers of accumulations within the boundaries are visible from the south and are expected to provide insight as to how the parts were functionally related. [Input: J628JLW.j] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Recovery/Assignment
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily notes about recovery of elements | 1999-06-30 | jlw | began to excavate highest level of accumulation in doorway that was indistinguishable from surface soil. Then we excavated the highest threshold, which had an elevation of ???, stopping at the second highest, which had an elevation of ???. The contrast between the south face where the thresholds were clearly visible and the north face where it was all but impossible to distinguish any layers (except for narrow bands of ash) alerted us to the opportunity to learn more about the history of the building's occupation. (See gb discussions M2 and -sr of this date on a17.) Cleaned and straightened sections in preparation for a group discussion of this topic on J701. [Input: J630JLW1.j] |
| Procedures | 1999-06-30 | gb | we will leave a section NS to show how door sills consist of a single brick against the southern door jambs (where door panel was). [Input: J630JLW1.j] |
Volumetric Localization
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus | 1999-06-27 | jl | k6 [Input: J703JL.j] |
| Relays (applicable to elements) | 1999-07-31 | jlw | r364 (43770 34632 - 8349 / Relay location: k6) [Input: J731JLWR.j] |
| 1999-07-31 | jlw | r365 (43705 34775 - 8343 / Relay location: k6) [Input: J731JLWR.j] |
Spatial Aggregation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Features within aggregate | 1999-06-27 | jl | f124 (wall), f125 (wall) [Input: J703JL.j] |
4. TYPOLOGY
Function
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space definition (2st degree of specificity) | 1999-06-30 | gb | There is a sequence of interesting pairing surfaces just N of doorway a17 which may be related in time as serving all similar functions in relation to the doorway. [Input: J630JLW1.j] |
| 1999-06-30 | gb | the excavation shows a very interesting pattern that clarifies the use of the building. On the Northern (F1) side there is no stratigraphic distinction at all between floor accumulations, and no trace of floor surfaces. This is in marked contrast with the door sills clearly visible on the Southern (B1) side. There are two important consequences to be drawn from this. (1) The doorway was used as a doorway with a door panel and a door sill all the way through the mid to late strata of AK occupation. This demonstrates that the building was indeed used as a building, i.e., it was not abandoned. (2) on the other hand, the very gradual accumulation on the Northern side shows that there was no carry over of floor surfaces visible in the deposition. In other words, the very uniform accumulation we have witnessed espedcially in areas A6 and A10 does correspond to a gradual build-up within the building, even though there id no visible trace of successions of floors. Such an accumulation is rather deep(up to 2.5 ms in A6) which implies a long time lapse. It should be noted that the distinction between mid and high floors has always been based on absolute elevation only. [Input: J630JLW1.j] |
