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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5q204

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2008-08-16 sNP bones, pottery [Input: S816DL1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Sherds, bones and q-items within q-lot !! !! q204.1 (debitage), q204.2 (blade), q204.3 (blade), q204.4 (polishing stone), q204-p1 (bowl), q204-p2 (base), q204-p3 (base), q204-p4 (handle), q204-p5 (bowl), q204-p6 (base), q204-p7 (base), q204-p8 (other shape sherd), q204-p9 (bowl), q204-p10 (cup), q204-p11 (bowl), q204-p12 (base), q204-p13 (jar), q204-p14 (rim), q204-p15 (cup), q204-p16 (bowl), q204-p17 (jar), q204-p18 (jar), q204-p19 (jar), q204-p20 (rim), q204-p70 (body sherd), q204-p71 (body sherd), q204-p72 (body sherd), q204-p73 (body sherd), q204-p74 (body sherd), q204-p75 (body sherd), q204-p76 (body sherd), q204-p77 (body sherd), q204-p78 (body sherd), q204-p79 (body sherd), q204-p80 (body sherd), q204-p81 (body sherd)

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Accidentals 2009-07-24 hQ several procedural errors occurred in the first days of the season with respect to the consequences of improperly writing labels on pottery lot tags. Pottery is processed by local workmen and women who have a limited command of English. When data such as the lot number and the date are not in their correct position on the tag prepared in the field, one number can easily be substituted for the other. In this case, the date, T721, was written in a space where the q-lot number, q291, normally appears. As a result, the pottery was recorded as belonging to q721. The error was not noticed until two months later when the pottery statistics were entered into the UGR. By this time the body sherds had been analyzed, recorded, and discarded and the count of the shape sherds in the most likely q-lot and feature number (q291 in f204) did not match the statistical entries. Field personnel must be alert to the possible problems associated with faulty labels and strive write correctly and neatly. [Input: T924JW.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-16 sNP k33 [Input: S816DL1.j]
Origin of elevation 2008-08-16 sNP m4960 [Input: S816DL1.j]
Tie to elevation 2008-08-16 sNP 155 [Input: S816DL1.j]
Extension of locus or q-lot 2008-08-16 sNP r668 [Input: S816DL1.j]
Length of two sides 2008-08-16 sNP E 250 [Input: S816DL1.j]
2008-08-16 sNP N 400 [Input: S816DL1.j]
Start elevation for q-lots 2008-08-16 sNP 44 [Input: S816DL1.j]
Cms down for q-lots 2008-08-16 sNP 10 [Input: S816DL1.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-16 sNP q204 (bones, pottery) sits in f137 (accumulation A) [Input: S816DL1.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! s161J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h7jJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on typology 2008-08-17 mKB Mittani shapes: 1 jar with wide flat rim and rib at the base of the flaring neck, other wide rim bowls or jars, 1 Mittani painted body sherd, 1 footed base, 1 ring base. Phase 1 shapes: small bowl, jar with interior groove (possibly Phase 3). [Input: S817MKB.j]