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J6 Synthetic View / Stratigraphy /Chronometry

Introduction

Patrizia Camatta – May 2025

As explained in Grammar, chronometry is the section where we dimension the emplacemet data according to the time intervals that can be deduced from the depositional inferences.

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The sequence

There is first an overall presentation of the sequence as a whole, with an overview of the phases and strata. Reference is also made to the particular generation of the stratigraphic sequence used and to the to MZ frame.

Each phase is described in terms of its relationship to the other phases, i.e., as a successive moment in the overall scalar sequence.

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The individual phases

Then there is a detailed analysis of the major elements (structures, installations, objects, etc.) belonging to each phase.

Where warranted, larger bodies of data, such as ceramics and faunal remains, are discussed separately for each phase.

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Chart of the full chronological system

The various levels may be summarized in a tabular format as follows, from the more general to the more detailed:

definition location link
1 non-technical introduction Urkesh website: Setting Urkesh website: setting
2 wider chronological frame MZ sitewide integrative analysis: periodization
3 Urkesh Ceramics Analysis ceramics ceramics
4 sequential organization
     of strata and phases
unit book,
     synthetic view (here)
chronometry
     strata
     phases
5 full contact associations unit book,
     tabulations section
stratigraphic summaries
     depositional index
     depositional synopsis
6 strata with complete list
     of included features
unit book,
     constituent section
sequential list of strata

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