Introduction

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Principles

For an introdution to the basic principles of emplacement see the grammar.

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Horizontal surfaces

A very limited number of surfaces (floors and pavments) have been excavated in J4, belonging to The Mittani period or a modern phase.

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Layering

Layering accounts for 64% of J4’s features, and they can be divided into:

• Accumulations Accounting for the highest number of features, especially natural accumulation.
  
• Mixed layers assigned ffor backfill and cleaning.
  
• Topsoil for surface layers.
  
• Layers, natural or human related deposits.
  
• Volumetric material for the baulks between two loci.
  

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Amorphous assessment

There were 35 examples of features identified as amorphous amassments, divided between pit fills and isolated stones which account for the largest group (32 isolated stones).

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Ordered aggregation

The ordered aggregations account for 13% of the features consisting of the following installation:

• Walls, consisting mostly of one or two rows, except for f10.
  
• Two glacis, one dating to the Akkaddian period and the other to the Mittani period.
  
• Bin installation from the Mittani period.

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Types of contact

There are five major contact groups that encompass all possibilities. Cover is the most common contact type at 56% of the total, while the lowest is the overlay at 1%.