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Unit Book A12

The ābi (Version 1a)

A12f349

Processed on 2024-12-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2000-07-25 jl pavement, type c [Input: K725JL.j]
Best image 2001-02-26 jl V13d1158 [Input: M815JL.j]
2001-02-26 jl V13d1159 [Input: M815JL.j]
2001-02-26 jl W14d2008 [Input: M815JL.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2000-07-25 jl sherd floor [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-26 jl This is a sherd floor under f348. It is very thick; sherds are stacked almost directly on top of each other for at least 10cm. Since it was deliberately placed, it should form a chronological seal for this locus. [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 jl This layer is full of stones and sherds, but little bone. In the NW corner, there are patches of white material, perhaps a large pocket. This is similar to f338, but the ^aa seem harder than before. It is probably calcium carbonate. [Input: K726JL.j]
Notes on description 2000-07-26 jl It is very confusing, but it seems as if the sherd floor material continues into the packing between the stones of the wall. If so, then, the circle of stones which we have below the sherd floor was an earlier structure, with a similar shape and purpose, which was overbuilt by the stone structure. Since the floor f349 suggests that the structure is Phase 3 post-palace use, then the brown packing on the N under AF would have already been put in. Before that, it is conceivable that the actual ground level at the time of the earlier building's construction was much lower and did not need to be sunk so far underground. [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-31 jl It seems clear that this is not a floor at all, but the levelling material beneath the real floor, f348. That is why there were so many sherds, packed so closely. [Input: K731JL.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2000-07-25 jl k26 [Input: K725JL.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2000-07-27 smp r551 (39779 35871 - 8077 / Relay location: NW) [Input: K806SMPR.j]
2000-07-27 smp r552 (39752 35971 - 8079 / Relay location: NE) [Input: K806SMPR.j]
2000-07-27 smp r553 (39637 35938 - 8098 / Relay location: SE) [Input: K806SMPR.j]
Elevation 2000-08-06 smp 0 [Input: K806SMP.j]
Origin of elevation 2000-08-06 smp m5018 [Input: K806SMP.j]
Tie to elevation 2000-08-06 smp 265 [Input: K806SMP.j]
M#/elev @top 2000-07-25 jl m5018 [Input: K725JL.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2000-07-26 jl f350 (installation) rests on f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-08-06 jl f326 (wall) abuts f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K806JL.j]
2000-07-26 jl f348 (floor, type a) covers f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2000-07-25 jl i118 (pin) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl i119 (figurine) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl i120 (pin) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl i121 (bead) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 !! q748.1 (lithic artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-30 mkb q748.2 (clay artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K801MKB.j]
2000-07-25 !! q748.51 (specimen) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 !! q762.1 (lithic artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-29 rah q765.1 (clay artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K731RAH.j]
2000-07-29 rah q769.1 (clay artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K731RAH.j]
2000-07-26 !! q769.2 (clay artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 !! q769.51 (specimen) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-29 rah q770.1 (figurine) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K731RAH.j]
2000-07-26 !! q772.1 (clay artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 !! q772.2 (sealing) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 !! q776.1 (clay artifact) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 !! q776.51 (carbon sample) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 !! q776.52 (sample) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q747 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q748 (bones, items, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q749 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q750 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q753 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q754 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q755 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q756 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q758 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q759 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q760 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q761 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-25 jl q762 (items, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K725JL.j]
2000-07-26 jl q763 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q765 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q766 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q767 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q769 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q770 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q772 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q774 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q775 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q776 (bones, pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q777 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q780 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
2000-07-26 smp q781 (pottery) sits in f349 (pavement, type c) [Input: K726JL.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2000-08-06 jl f349 (pavement, type c) abuts f326 (wall) [Input: K806JL.j]
2000-08-06 jl f349 (pavement, type c) covers f353 (stone installation) [Input: K806JL.j]
2000-08-06 jl f349 (pavement, type c) covers f354 (stone installation) [Input: K806JL.j]
2000-08-06 jl f349 (pavement, type c) covers f355 (stone installation) [Input: K806JL.j]

Deposition

Roster Date Author Record
Evidence 2001-08-13 jl The sherd material of this feature extends in between and underneath the stones of f376, the north wall of a32 in k26. The feature itself is very thick, but the top is at approximately the same height as the tops of the stones in f353. [Input: L913JL.j]
Assumption 2001-08-13 jl The sherd packing must therefore be earlier than or contemporaneous with f376. It seems likely that it was laid at the same time as a36 was constructed in order to raise the level of f348, the first floor, above the tops of the rocks f353. See f354 and a32 for more notes on this theory. [Input: L913JL.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2000-07-10 jl s8 [Input: K710JL1.j]
2001-09-16 jl s9 [Input: L915JL1.j]
2024-08-11 mS s700A12A, s750A12A [Input: ZI811mS.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2024-08-11 !! h2rMZA [Input: ZI811mS.j]
2024-08-11 !! h3bMZA [Input: ZI811mS.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 2000-08-06 smp pink [Input: K806SMP.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2000-08-06 smp 7.5YR 7/4 [Input: K806SMP.j]
Hardness, compaction 2000-08-06 smp 4.5 [Input: K806SMP.j]

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Generic function (1st degree of specificity) 2001-08-13 jl Originally labelled as a floor, this sherd packing was leveling material underneath the floor f348. [Input: L913JL.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v129
2000-07-25 jl [Input: K725JL.j]

v129a
2000-07-25 jl [Input: K725JL.j]

v129b
2000-07-25 jl [Input: K725JL.j]

v131
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v131a
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v131b
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v131c
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v131d
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v131e
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v131f
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v132
2000-07-26 jl [Input: K726JL.j]

v140
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v142
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v143
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v144
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v145
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v148
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v149
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v149a
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v149b
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v149d
2000-08-07 smp [Input: K807SMP.j]

v170
2001-09-18 jl [Input: L918jl.j]

v171
2001-09-18 jl [Input: L918jl.j]

v172a
2001-09-18 jl [Input: L918jl.j]

v173
2001-09-18 jl [Input: L918jl.j]

v180b
2002-09-04 jl [Input: M904JL.j]

v183
2002-09-05 jl [Input: M906MS.j]

v184
2002-09-05 jl [Input: M906MS.j]

v185
2002-09-05 jl [Input: M906MS.j]

v185a
2002-09-05 jl [Input: M906MS.j]

v186
2002-09-07 jl [Input: M911JL.j]

v186a
2002-09-07 jl [Input: M911JL.j]

v186b
2002-09-07 jl [Input: M911JL.j]

v187
2002-09-07 ms [Input: M911JL.j]

v187a
2002-09-07 ms [Input: M911JL.j]

v188c
2002-09-07 ms [Input: M911JL.j]

v188d
2002-09-07 ms [Input: M911JL.j]

v189
2002-09-07 ms [Input: M911JL.j]

v193
2002-09-09 jl [Input: M911JL.j]

v195
2002-09-10 jl [Input: M914MS.j]

v197a
2002-09-10 jl [Input: M914MS.j]

v198
2002-09-10 jl [Input: M914MS.j]

v198a
2002-09-10 jl [Input: M914MS.j]

v205
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914JL.j]

v205b
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914JL.j]

v205c
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914JL.j]

v205e
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914JL.j]

v206
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914JL.j]

v206b
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914JL.j]

v202
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914MS.j]

v203
2002-09-11 ms [Input: M914MS.j]

v208
2002-09-13 jl [Input: M914JL.j]

v208b
2002-09-13 jl [Input: M914JL.j]

v208a
2002-09-13 jl [Input: M922MS.j]

v207
2002-09-13 ms [Input: M922MS.j]

v207a
2002-09-13 ms [Input: M922MS.j]

v207b
2002-09-13 ms [Input: M922MS.j]