1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best definition | 2010-01-19 | !! | mix [Input: U119SC.j] |
| Best image | 2010-03-22 | sC | L_V19d3054 J4v31a Q826 dM [Input: U322SC2.j] |
| 2010-03-22 | sC | L_V19d3075 J4v39 Q829 dM [Input: U322SC2.j] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2010-01-19 | sC | mix [Input: U119SC.j] |
| Description (summary) | 2010-01-19 | sC | This is a natural accumulation in k73 (below f55), soft in consistence, a bit clayish and fine in texture; when removed it is crumbly and a bit dusty. When picked f61 is light brown/reddish in color while it is graysh when it dries off. This feature is characterized by the presence of phytolitics, small pebbles and pottery sherds; laminations have been noticed in the S portion of the square as well as some red lenses (indicating the presence of some isolated mud-bricks). Unlucky when we assigned f61 to the natural accumulation in k73 we were thinking to have removed completely the backfill of the 'German' trench which interests part of the N baulk of the locus (C10). This trench was dug in 2001 during a survery of the tell mound by a team of the university of Tubingen, directed by Prof. Peter Pfalzner (the trench, running W-E, is wide aprox. 100cmx100cm). However, while digging f61 we found some plastic nylon close to the NE section and thus, it is likely that f61 can be partially contaminated, in this portion of the locus, by the backfill of the German trench (C10), and it is not only a natural-accumulation. f61 consists, in the N portion of the locus, by mixed soil which is the back-fill of a trench running W-E (C10, wide aprox. 100cmx100cm). This trench was dug in 2001 during a survery of the Tell Terrace by a team of the university of Tubingen, directed by Prof. Peter Pfalzner. Therefore, f61 has partially a natural accumulation within k73 and partially mixed with the backfill of the natural-made accumulation in . However, f61 however is not only a natural accumulation, since part of the N baulk of k73 is not the rexult of a natural accumlulation but is the back-fill of a W-E trench, f65, (originally called C10, wide aprox. 100cmx100cm) dug in 2001, which partially could have contaminated the N portion of the locus. While digging f61, we noticed some fragments of nylon coming out from the N baulk of the locus (close to the NW corner of k73), which indicate that there there was the bottom of the trench dug in this portion of the Tell Terrace during the 2001 excavation season. [Input: U119SC.j] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Recovery/Assignment
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lack of expected information | 2010-01-19 | sC | Unlucky there are no close-up photos showing the nylon at the bottom of f60; this is only partially visible in v38a, in the NW portion of k71, where what should have been the W baulk, and in the NE portion of the locus, where a green fragment of paper is visible, close to the N section. [Input: U119SC.j] |
| Notes on recovery | 2010-01-19 | sC | In 2001 during a survey in this portion of the Tell Terrace, a trench running W-E (C10) was dug, and k73, is located partially within the cut of this trench. The area were C10 was dug, interest today the NW portion of k73, in particular, falls within the N baulk of k73. This trench was back-filled for safety reasons at the end of the 2001 excavation season (as it is possible to see in t4, or view 4 (V19d3005) that shows the locus before we start digging in k73). The bottom of the trench was partially covered with pieces of a wide and thick yellow nylon, as reminder of the bottom elevation reached during the investigation carried out in the locus and in view of the trench back-fill. Only a small portion of the N baulk was not back-filled (aprox. 1m W in the NW baulk), as clearly visible in view t4, or view 4 (V19d3005). Furthermore, view v38a (V19d3074), shows, although is a genearl view of k71-74, f65 (the baulk, which is, in almost his totality, the back-fill of the German trench) and the bottom of f60, with a small fragment of nylon visible in the NW portion of the locus (corresponding to the E baulk of k83), right before 'steps' made with some canvas bags. [Input: U119SC.j] |
| 2010-01-19 | sC | On Q827, while cleaning the locus thinking to have reached the bottom of f61 (at the elevation of 92.02m, on Q827), we found, in the NW corner of the square (where f61 abuts the N section of the locus) a fragment of wide and thick nylon, which is the nylon left by the German team in 2001 before back-filling the trench. At this point, the cut of the German trench in the N baulk was visible in the E portion of the baulk (we assigned f65 to the back fill, and forgot to assing a feature number to the cut). The bottom, or better, what we were thinking was the bottom f f 61 is visible in v38a (or V19d3074), although, unlucky we did not take any close photo of the plastic nylon, which is only partially visible in the NW portion of the locus. [Input: U119SC.j] |
Volumetric Localization
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus | 2006-08-27 | pc | k73 [Input: Q903PC2.j] |
| M#/elev @top | 2006-08-27 | pc | m4402 [Input: Q903PC2.j] |
| M#/elev @bottom | 2006-08-27 | pc | m4394 [Input: Q903PC2.j] |
Contact Association
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of contact: latest events | 2006-10-08 | sC | f65 (mix) cuts f61 (mix) [Input: QX08SC.j] |
| 2006-10-08 | sC | f55 (accumulation D) covers f61 (mix) [Input: QX08SC.j] | |
| Type of contact: earliest events | 2006-10-08 | sC | f61 (mix) covers f89 (accumulation D) [Input: QX08SC.j] |
Time Sequencing
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum (to which element belongs) | 2010-02-12 | sC | s1JPA (German Trenches) [Input: U212SC2.j] |
| Phase (to which element belongs) | 2010-02-12 | !! | h8JPA [Input: U212SC2.j] |
| Stratigraphic reasons of assignment | 2010-03-10 | sC | This feature should be addressed to Phase 85-MZA s5, since it is a natural accumulation part of the build-up of the tell. However, while digging the feature we noticed that in the N portion of the locus f61 was partially interested by f65 (the backfill of the German Trench), therefore, we decided to consider this feature as f61(in order to avoid contamination in the pottery) and we thus assigne this feature to Phase 8-JPA (Modern). [Input: U310SC.j] |
4. TYPOLOGY
Morphology
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ware or Material, species | 2010-01-19 | sC | mixed soil [Input: U119SC.j] |
| Hardness, compaction | 2023-05-11 | yM | soft [Input: ZH511yM.j] |
| Texture, surface finish | 2023-05-11 | yM | clayish fine texture [Input: ZH511yM.j] |
6. REFERENCE
Analogical Record
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| View/drawing of features | |||
Disposition
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes on disposition | 2010-01-19 | sC | Removed Q829 [Input: U119SC.j] |