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Unit Book J1

Plaza adjacent the Large Temple Terrace (Version 1a)

J1f354

Processed on 2024-12-11

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2009-08-12 lC accumulation D [Input: T819MM2.j]
Best image 2009-09-15 lC [Input: T915LC6.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2009-08-20 lC Thick ashy layer found below f345. This ashy accumulation is irregular in shape, thicker in the middle and really ashy in texture, while to the south and to the north it is more compact and sandy. It is in general compact with fragments of mud bricks and many small charcoals. [Input: T831LC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-12 lC k127 [Input: T819MM2.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2009-08-15 mM r1132 (41097 47133 - 8578 / Relay location: SW) [Input: T818MM2R.j]
2009-08-15 mM r1133 (41146 47268 - 8578 / Relay location: NE) [Input: T818MM2R.j]
2009-08-15 mM r1134 (41041 47225 - 8578 / Relay location: SE) [Input: T818MM2R.j]
2009-08-16 mM r1147 (41044 47098 - 8553 / Relay location: W) [Input: T818MM-R.j]
2009-08-16 mM r1148 (40893 47023 - 8553 / Relay location: SW) [Input: T818MM-R.j]
2009-08-16 mM r1149 (40927 47127 - 8553 / Relay location: SE) [Input: T818MM-R.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-08-12 lC m6103 [Input: T819MM2.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2009-08-12 lC m6221 [Input: T819MM2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-08-22 lC f345 (accumulation C) covers f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T822LC.j]
2009-08-22 lC f360 (volumetric material) overlays f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T822LC2.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-08-15 mM q1306 (pottery) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 lC q1311 (pottery) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p1 (jar) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p2 (xrd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p3 (strainer) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p4 (pot) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p5 (xf) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p6 (r) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p32 (cup) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p68 (cup) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p69 (bowl) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p70 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p71 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p72 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p73 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p74 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-15 !! q1306-p75 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p1 (bowl) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p2 (bowl) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p3 (cup) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p70 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p71 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p72 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p73 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p74 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
2009-08-16 !! q1311-p75 (body sherd) sits in f354 (accumulation D) [Input: T819MM.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-08-22 lC f354 (accumulation D) abuts f259 (wall) [Input: T822LC2.j]
2009-08-22 lC f354 (accumulation D) abuts f336 (collapse) [Input: T822LC2.j]
2009-08-22 lC f354 (accumulation D) overlays f359 (accumulation C) [Input: T822LC2.j]
2009-08-22 lC f354 (accumulation D) overlays f362 (accumulation D) [Input: T822LC2.j]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-02-10 lC s651J1A [Input: V211LC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2011-02-10 !! h3mJ1A [Input: V211LC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2011-02-11 lC Stratigraphic position and relationship with other nearby features, elevation show a date of EDIII. [Input: V212LC.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2009-09-24 mKB (q1306) coarse wares: -p6 jar with rounded rim undercut on the exterior, may be a casserole, -p4 small jar, -p1 jar with globular body in a tan-brown slip, with some chaff and calcite, compact clay with smooth surface interior and exterior, this ware is much lecc coarse than the LCH ware. Fine ware: -p2 S ware rounded base, very green and well smoothed surface, -p3 small orange-brown bowl with simple rim in RC1 ware, -p32 conical cup greener toward base and yellow at rim, FC ware and rougher texture on interior and exterior than the usual FC ware surface [Input: T927MKB.j]
2009-09-27 mKB LC3 coarse shapes: q1293-p1 part of jar neck with bright red burnished paint on exterior and interior, probably Uruk Red ware so probably imported but this sherd is a different color red and the examples from the Qraya excavations have a coarser surface texture. Fine wares: q1306-p5 flat base in gray-brown ware, q1306-p3 red-brown fine bowl, q1306-p32 cup yellow-buff near rim and greener below in a ware that is coarser than the usual Simple ware this cup is made out of, it has a lot of sand temper, other shapes: q1311-p1 and -p2 deep bowls with squared rims in a coarse ware but well fired, q1311-p70 body sherd of cooking vessel with triangular shaped depressions on exterior for heat transfer, q1311 green-buff conical cup with simple rim even distribution of color (therefore earlier than ED III), q1311-p4 red brown fine cup with small calcite temper with beaded rim that is undercut on the exterior, q1311-p5 small cup with beaded undercut rim with lightly incised, fine decoration on the exterior. [Input: T927MKB.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2009-09-24 mKB mixed Phases 3s and 2h [Input: T927MKB.j]
2009-09-27 mKB a feature below the early escarpment (^esc1), few shape sherds but LC3 sherds are clear and fine shapes are probably earlier but their date is not clear [Input: T927MKB.j]
2009-09-27 mKB probably Phase 3 and Phase 2d-h (exact part of the Ninevite V period is unclear) [Input: T927MKB.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-12 lC ash [Input: T819MM2.j]
Color 2009-08-12 lC dark brown [Input: T819MM2.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2009-08-12 lC 10YR 4/3 [Input: T819MM2.j]
Hardness, compaction 2009-08-12 lC >4.5 [Input: T819MM2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

2009-08-15 lC [Input: T823LC2.j]

2009-08-16 lC [Input: T824LC.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-08-12 lC T816 [Input: T819MM2.j]