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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace (Version 1a)

A20f144

Processed on 2025-04-14

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2008-08-25 lC floor, type c [Input: S831LC.j]
Best image 2008-08-26 !!
v122 [Input: S903YM.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-08-26 lC Floor with a white surface due to the organic material on top of it. The floor is medium compacted and it is quite disturbed from animal holes. This floor is just few cm thick and in general it is quite badly preserved, because it is also disappearing toward west. It is not clear in which relationship it was and with which structures [Input: S903LC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2008-08-25 lC today we removed the accumulation f120, south of the mud brick wall f126, uncovering the floor f144. Tomorrow we will take photos of f144 and then we will excavate the floor trying to go down to the level of the stone pavement f108, to understand the link between it and the pavement f132. [Input: S825LC.j]
2008-08-25 lC we uncovered the floor f144 below f120 and tomorrow we will take photos. [Input: S825LC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-25 lC k101 [Input: S831LC.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-25 lC 9189 [Input: S831LC.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2008-08-25 lC 9183 [Input: S831LC.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-09-12 lR f120 (accumulation) covers f144 (floor, type c) [Input: S912LR.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-26 sE q251 (bones, pottery) sits in f144 (floor, type c) [Input: S826YM.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lR f144 (floor, type c) covers f145 (accumulation B) [Input: S912LR.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-14 lR s15JPC (early occupation) [Input: S914LR.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-25 lC Sandy loam [Input: S831LC.j]
Color 2008-08-25 lC Light gray [Input: S831LC.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-25 lC 10YR7/1 [Input: S831LC.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-25 lC medium compact [Input: S831LC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v122
2008-08-26 lC [Input: S903YM.j]

v125
2008-08-26 lC [Input: S909LC.j]

v125a
2008-08-26 lC [Input: S909LC.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2008-08-25 lC S826 [Input: S831LC.j]