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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace (Version 2)

A16a28

Processed on 2024-12-04

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2002-09-26 !! ^ pit [Input: MX12FAB.j]
Summary 2007-07-16 cJC Aggregate formed to encompass the several pits that are cut into a12 stone pavement including pits dug as burials (f276, f209, f217), mostly empty pits (f273,f298,f299,f295), storage/trash pits (f250, f216), the large pit (f183) as well as two infant burials with no observable pit (f304, f305). [Input: R716CJC.j]
Best image 2012-03-26 lC
v118 [Input: W326LC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2002-09-26 fAB ^ pit [Input: MX12FAB.j]
Description (summary) 2002-09-26 fAB This is not an aggregate in the normal sense, but is used to link all the phase 4 pits found or dug in MZ15 that are above the stone pavement a12 in k110 and k108. [Input: MX12FAB.j]
2002-09-26 fAB f273, f298, f299, f295 are all small pits in the south of A16 that contained nothing except one that contained a small child burial (f?) excavated in the very end of MZ14. f250, f216 were round pits that could have been dug as storage or as wells: both cut stone pavement a12; both were filled with ash and seemed to be used as trash pits. f276 (a19) and f209 (a16) were rectangular pits that contained tombs: f209 cut stone pavement a12. f217 (a15) is a jar burial that was found in the N portion of A16 and did not cut ^pv a12. f183 is the large pit (a13 / a17) that we assume is a mix of smaller pits that collapsed into a hollow. f305 (a18) and f304 were child burials that did not have an identifiable pit associated with them due to the material above. A15 had a pit that would be part of a13 and also removed the stones, it is to the S and a bit E of k108. A10 had a tomb similar to f276 and f209 to the W of k205 just on top of the W boundary wall of the courtyard. [Input: MX12FAB.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Features within aggregate 2000-12-18 !! f183 (^ fill), f206 (^ fill), f209 (^ pit), f216 (^ fill), f217 (^ pit), f220 (^ fill), f250 (^ pit), f273 (^ pit), f276 (^ pit), f289 (^ fill), f291 (^ pit), f295 (^ fill), f298 (^ pit), f299 (^ pit), f304 (^ fill), f305 (accumulation C), f334 (^ layer) [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
Items within aggregate 2000-12-18 !! i44 (^ seal), i45 (bowl), i54 (^ human body), i55 (^ bead), i56 (spearhead), i57 (pin), i58 (bowl), i59 (^ bowl), i60 (^ human body), i61 (^ bead), i64 (^ jewelry item), i65 (bead), i66 (bead), i105 (unknown), i112 (^ seal impression), i119 (^ seal impression), i123 (^ human body), i124 (^ jewelry item), i125 (earring), i134 (^ jewelry item), i162 (grinding stone), i164 (stand), i168 (cup), i169 (^ lithic artifact), i172 (^ seal impression), i173 (pin), i174 (^ seal impression) [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
q-lots within aggregate 2000-12-18 !! q480, q483, q488, q489, q491, q492, q494, q497, q504, q505, q506, q515, q516, q540, q632, q637, q638, q640, q641, q642, q643, q645, q650, q651, q684, q702, q706, q709, q714, q718, q750, q759, q761, q769, q773, q777, q780, q782, q784, q785, q789, q791, q795, q808, q817, q853, q858, q864, q869, q871, q877, q880, q883, q886, q888, q889, q890, q897, q899, q900, q901, q903, q904, q906 [Input: A-CUMUL.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2000-12-18 !! s330AAH [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
2015-05-20 !! s270AAH, s280AAH, s315AAH, s530AAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2000-12-18 !! h5hAAH [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
2015-05-20 !! h4jAAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
2015-05-20 !! h5hAAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
2015-05-20 !! h6cAAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
Notes on time sequencing 2002-09-26 fAB it is assumed that these pits are all from phase 4 or phase 5. Perhaps all are phase 4 except a13/a17. Phase 3 is present in only a very thin layer and in installation a23. [Input: MX12FAB.j]