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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace (Version 2)

A16 Synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Phase 9AAH within unit A16

Lorenzo Crescioli – May 2012

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Current version

This page was previously labeled Phase 6AAC and was attributed according the AAC strata sequence. In June 2016, C. Chaves Yates revised all strata and phase information to match the updated AAH strata sequence. This page is current as of June 2016.

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Overview

This phase includes the very last period of A16 evidence, from the decomposition of bricks belonging to the large brickfall, to the modern burials of the nearby village of Mozan and the topsoil. It is not important archaeologically because it does not show a specific period culture, but it includes all the events from the abandonment of the area to the surface of the tell for a 3000 years time span, without distinctive archaeological remains.

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Objects

Not distinctive objects were found and the pottery look mixed and not reliable, because of washing and erosion of very long periods.

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