.bk J01
.fl V928lC.j
.fd new features
.ri lC
.rd V928
.ed V928
.ei lC
f 900
df pc
ds Pebble and sherd pavement very compact sharply sloping to the south. It is in part overlaying the material of the second escarpment, and in part the earlier Ninevite 5 floors. The pavement was built during EDIII with the later rebuilding of Second Escarpment. Originally the Plaza possibly had a beaten floor, unfortunatly not archaeologically recorded. We assume it was replaced with a pebbles pavement for big water problems that was collected in the plaza. The feature includes the construction and the use of this pavement.
=l f238
=l f240
=l f325
nr The features was created long after the end of the last excavation season in 2009. Its records are included under f238, f240 and f325, and was created to allow the strata assignement, since two different moments (construction/use and second use) were considered as one during the excavation. The other feature corresponding to the later, Mittani use is f901.
lc 129
lc 126
lc 127
f 901
df aa
ds Use of the pavement f900 (see also f238, f240, f325) dating to Mittani period. At first we thought pavement and use were both dating to Mittani period, but it turned out the construction was dated to the EDIII and the second use to the Mittani period. Since the pavement of the Plaza was very likely used during the periods in between (i.e EDII, Akkadian, Khabur) and no accumulations are found, the surface was probably kept clean.
=l f238
=l f240
=l f325
nr The features was created long after the end of the last excavation season in 2009. Its records are included under f238, f240 and f325, and was created to allow the strata assignement, since two different moments (construction/use and second use) were considered as one during the excavation. The other feature corresponding to the EDIII construction of the pavement is f900.
lc 129
lc 126
lc 127
^ pav2
ev The pavement was later assigned to EDIII, unlike earlier thought. The pottery coming from this pavement is mixed (Mittani, EDIII and Ninevite 5) and this was the starting point for a stratigraphic review that brought to a new assignement. Now the construction is dated to EDIII on the bases of pottery sherds, and mainly for stratigraphic relationships: the pavement overlays the Second Escarpment, it is going to the West until J5 where it is covered by EDIII accumulations.
sm EDIII pebble pavement of the Plaza, used until Mittani period, when the first accumulation on top of it started to be formed. It means the pavement was kept clean for about one thousand years.
f 238
pb This feature (as f240 and f325) was interpreted as the first Mittani pavement in the Plaza. Further analisys show the pavement was built in EDIII and used until Mittani period. The two different moments were excavated as a single one, so the pottery is mixed Mittani, EDIII and Ninevite 5 (coming from levels underneath).
ha To distinguish from a cronological point of view the two moments (EDIII construction/use and Mittani use) we created two features f900 (EDIII construction) and f901 (Mittani use) that were respectively assigned to s610-J1A and s190-J1A. The other records remain under f238, f240 and f325.
sm EDIII pebble pavement used until Mittani period.
f 240
pb This feature (as f238 and f325) was interpreted as the first Mittani pavement in the Plaza. Further analisys show the pavement was built in EDIII and used until Mittani period. The two different moments were excavated as a single one, so the pottery is mixed Mittani, EDIII and Ninevite 5 (coming from levels underneath).
ha To distinguish from a cronological point of view the two moments (EDIII construction/use and Mittani use) we created two features f900 (EDIII construction) and f901 (Mittani use) that were respectively assigned to s610-J1A and s190-J1A. The other records remain under f238, f240 and f325.
sm EDIII pebble pavement used until Mittani period.
f 325
pb This feature (as f238 and f240) was interpreted as the first Mittani pavement in the Plaza. Further analisys show the pavement was built in EDIII and used until Mittani period. The two different moments were excavated as a single one, so the pottery is mixed Mittani, EDIII and Ninevite 5 (coming from levels underneath).
ha To distinguish from a cronological point of view the two moments (EDIII construction/use and Mittani use) we created two features f900 (EDIII construction) and f901 (Mittani use) that were respectively assigned to s610-J1A and s190-J1A. The other records remain under f238, f240 and f325.
sm EDIII pebble pavement used until Mittani period.
;f 900
;I123s-J1A
;I4 s610-J1A
;f 901
;I12 7a-J1A
;I4 s190-J1A
f 240
I12 After a review of the overall stratigraphy and a complete pottery analysis the pavement was dated to EDIII period. It was then used until Mittani period, For a more detailed explanation see topic "harmonization strata problems" and "thought about the Plaza".
f 238
I12 After a review of the overall stratigraphy and a complete pottery analysis the pavement was dated to EDIII period. It was then used until Mittani period, For a more detailed explanation see topic "harmonization strata problems" and "thought about the Plaza".
f 325
I12 After a review of the overall stratigraphy and a complete pottery analysis the pavement was dated to EDIII period. It was then used until Mittani period, For a more detailed explanation see topic "harmonization strata problems" and "thought about the Plaza".
.rd Wx15
^ wall2
I12 As for ^wall3 the date is uncertain, first assigned to late Chalcolithic on the base of the few sherds found at the bottom of it, then has been suggested a Ninevite 5 date, on the basis of stratigraphic relationship with the nearby units. Following a conservative intepretation we assign it to phase 3f-JPD, waiting for new excavation for a final assignement. For a more detailed discussion see topic "LC or Ninevite structure?"
^ wall3
I12 As for ^wall2 the date is uncertain, first assigned to late Chalcolithic on the base of the few sherds found at the bottom of it, then has been suggested a Ninevite 5 date, on the basis of stratigraphic relationship with the nearby units. Following a conservative intepretation we assign it to phase 3f-JPD, waiting for new excavation for a final assignement. For a more detailed discussion see topic "LC or Ninevite structure?"
f 288
I12 As for f259 the date is uncertain, first assigned to late Chalcolithic on the base of the few sherds found at the bottom of it, then has been suggested a Ninevite 5 date, on the basis of stratigraphic relationship with the nearby units. Following a conservative intepretation we assign it to phase 3f-JPD, waiting for new excavation for a final assignement. For a more detailed discussion see topic "LC or Ninevite structure?"
f 259
I12 As for f288 the date is uncertain, first assigned to late Chalcolithic on the base of the few sherds found at the bottom of it, then has been suggested a Ninevite 5 date, on the basis of stratigraphic relationship with the nearby units. Following a conservative intepretation we assign it to phase 3f-JPD, waiting for new excavation for a final assignement. For a more detailed discussion see topic "LC or Ninevite structure?"
^ str1
I12 Only further excavation could clarify the stratigraphy and provide more datas for a safe data assignement. Following a conservative interpretation we assigne it to Ninevite 5 period, phase 3f-JPD.
a 8
I12 first assigned to late Chalcolithic on the base of the few sherds found at the bottom of it, then has been suggested a Ninevite 5 date, on the basis of stratigraphic relationship with the nearby units. Following a conservative intepretation we assign it to phase 3f-JPD, waiting for new excavation for a final assignement. For a more detailed discussion see topic "LC or Ninevite structure?"