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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5f105

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2011-06-10 jW a703 (accumulation D) [Input: V610JW.j]
2022-08-21 jW a17 (topsoil) [Input: ZG821jW1.j]
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2008-08-05 sNP topsoil [Input: S914LH.j]
Summary 2012-12-16 jW Topsoil in k13 [Input: WZ16JW.j]
Best image 2008-08-11 lH
v62 [Input: S811LH2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-08-05 jW The topsoil in k13. The surface is smooth, having served as a wheelbarrow path in past seasons as units J1 and J3 were excavated. Under the surface one can see the typical tangle of dark brown decayed roots. [Input: S805JW1.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-05 sNP k13 [Input: S914LH.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-05 sNP m4928 [Input: S914LH.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2008-08-05 sNP m4670 [Input: S914LH.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-05 !! q154.1 (shell artifact) sits in f105 (topsoil) [Input: S805DL1.j]
2008-08-05 !! q154.2 (clay artifact) sits in f105 (topsoil) [Input: S805DL1.j]
2008-08-05 dL q154 (pottery) sits in f105 (topsoil) [Input: S805DL1.j]
2008-08-14 dL q196 (pottery) sits in f105 (topsoil) [Input: S816DL1.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lH f105 (topsoil) covers f115 (accumulation D) [Input: S915LH.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 jW s20J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h9mJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-05 sNP soil [Input: S914LH.j]
Color 2008-08-05 sNP light gray [Input: S914LH.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-05 sNP 10 YR 7/2 [Input: S914LH.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-05 sNP >4.5 [Input: S914LH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v62
2008-08-09 lH [Input: S809LH.j]

w15
2008-08-17 sNP [Input: S819DL2.j]

v87
2008-08-24 lH [Input: S824LH.j]

v87a
2008-08-24 lH [Input: S824LH.j]

v133
2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j]

v133a
2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2008-08-05 sNP S807 [Input: S914LH.j]