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Unit Book A20

A20f7

Processed on 2024-10-14

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2008-07-27 lR f27 (layer) [Input: S727LR2.j]
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2008-07-14 lR layer [Input: S727LR5.j]
Best image 2008-07-19 !!
v7 [Input: S803LR3.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on labeling 2008-08-11 lR This feature was removed under the label f27 and includes q47 q76 and q79. Relays for this feature are also under f27. [Input: S811LR5.j]

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-07-27 lR Hard light pink brick melt, uniform in color and texture with no inclusions visible such as stones or large sherds found in the entire locus. f7 is made of fine clay, likely formed from eroded mud brick melted by rain and baked in the sun. When we excavated this feature, the layer resulted in only being 7-10 cm in thickness. f7 was subsumed under f27, a feature created to term the entire brickmelt that was found in all five loci. [Input: S727LR4.j]
2008-08-11 lR A compact layer originally defined as brickmelt since the appearance resembled clay that had been melted from the rain, then baked by the sun forming a crust. We later redefined this feature after excavating it as the ancient tell surface at abandonment, with the compaction resulting from walking on the surface and natural rain and sun exposure. f27 was created to subsume all the compact brickmelt layers in A20 for ease in reference although the discrete feature numbers are still present according to loci. f7 was found in the entire locus. [Input: S811LR5.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2008-07-14 lR fully exposed this feature today resulting in no clear brick surfaces however the matrix is compact like brick found 38-40 cms below the Tell surface; similar to melted brick layers seen in A16 and A18. [Input: S714LR.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-07-14 lR k13 [Input: S727LR5.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-07-14 lR 9400 [Input: S727LR5.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2008-07-14 lR 9387 [Input: S727LR5.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-07-27 lR f4 (topsoil) covers f7 (layer) [Input: S727LR3.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-07-27 lR f7 (layer) covers f30 (brickfall) [Input: S727LR3.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-14 lR s12bJPC (abandonment and collapse) [Input: S914LR.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-07-14 lR compact clay [Input: S727LR5.j]
Color 2008-07-14 lR light gray [Input: S727LR5.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-07-14 lR 10YR7/1 [Input: S727LR5.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-07-14 lR hard [Input: S727LR5.j]
Texture, surface finish 2008-07-14 lR bricky [Input: S727LR5.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v7
2008-07-19 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v11
2008-07-19 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v11a
2008-07-19 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v12
2008-07-20 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v13
2008-07-20 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v19
2008-07-21 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v47
2008-08-02 yM [Input: S811LC.j]

v47a
2008-08-02 yM [Input: S811LC.j]

v130
2008-08-27 yM [Input: S909LC.j]

v130a
2008-08-27 yM [Input: S909LC.j]

w1
2008-09-11 lC [Input: S911LC.J]

w8
2008-09-11 lC [Input: S911LC.J]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2008-07-14 lR S721 [Input: S727LR5.j]