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Unit Book J3

J3f351

Processed on 2024-05-25

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category 2020-08-20 jW fill, dumping, collapse [Input: ZE820jW.j]
Best definition 2010-09-16 jW fill [Input: UX05JW.j]
Summary 2012-10-07 jW Fill in k12 south of the south face of wall f348. [Input: WX07JW1.j]
Best image 2010-09-16 !!
v174 [Input: V205JW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2010-09-15 jW fill [Input: U915JW.j]
Description (summary) 2010-09-15 jW This feature in k12 consists of fill beneath a hard-crusted, steeply sloping surface descending from north to south. It has sections of mudbrick laid in gray mortar. The organization of the bricks is irregular and at first jW believed it to be brickfall from wall, f348. However it extends west past the apparent west face of f348 and appears uniform in slope in the four meter section that we see in k12. [Input: U915JW.j]
2010-10-07 jW We originally thought that this feature was a glacis consisting of bricks with a crusty surface. Upon removal we see that it had two components; a crusty surface, redesignated f368 and a bricky fill to the south of the south face of wall, f348. The fill will remain designated f351 and probably consisted of the brick and mortar debris from the shaving of the top of wall, f348, to form the glacis. [Input: V206JW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Argument 2010-09-28 jW We initially labeled this feature as a glacis because of its steep slope N to S and its crusty surface covering reddish material. As we scraped the crust away, regular brickwork, clearly a southward extension of wall, f348 was evident in the eastern and central portions of the locus. At the southern end, the material became softer, and, in analyzing the ceramics from q431, mKB noticed a large quantity of large sherds and two relatively complete vessels (i29, i30). In addition the cache of tokens (q431.2 or i35) was found there. mKB suggested that this feature had the characteristics of a floor accumulation (aa). Further excavation revealed that f351 indeed covered a relatively flat brick surface, f363, which we did not excavate this season. During the stratigraphic anlysis attended by gB, mKB, fAB, and jW, gB suggested that the crust was indeed a glacis, which we did not recognize at the time of excavation and which is so thin that it does not appear in the north section. Due to the overwhelming indirect evidence of its existance, we designated the crust glacis, f368. [Input: UX07JW1.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2010-09-16 jW k12 [Input: UX05JW.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2010-09-15 jW r2590 (41554 49412 - 9249 / Relay location: NW edge) [Input: U930JW-R.j]
2010-09-15 jW r2591 (41515 49409 - 9248 / Relay location: NW edge) [Input: U930JW-R.j]
2010-09-15 jW r2592 (41537 49448 - 9247 / Relay location: NW edge) [Input: U930JW-R.j]
2010-09-18 jW r2616 (41340 49163 - 9173 / Relay location: q 426 NW corner) [Input: UX01JW-R.j]
M#/elev @top 2010-09-16 jW m6341 [Input: UX05JW.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2010-09-16 jW 9072 [Input: UX05JW.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2012-04-14 jW f350 (pit-c) intrudes f351 (fill) [Input: W414JW.j]
2012-04-14 jW f368 (glacis) covers f351 (fill) [Input: W414JW.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2010-09-16 jW i28 (seal impression) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW3.j]
2010-09-16 jW i29 (jar) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW3.j]
2010-09-16 jW i30 (bowl) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW3.j]
2010-09-16 !! q420.1 (blade) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-22 !! q431.1 (token) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-22 !! q431.2 (token) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-22 !! q431.3 (blade) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-22 !! q431.4 (shell artifact) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-22 !! q431.5 (debitage) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-22 !! q431.6 (ceramic vessel) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-16 jW q420 (items, pottery) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-21 jW q426 (pottery) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2010-09-22 jW q431 (items, pottery) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: UX05JW2.j]
2015-04-28 rL q420-p1 (bowl) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J]
2015-04-28 rL q420-p2 (jar) sits in f351 (fill) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 jW s860cJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 !! h2mJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f64 (layer) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f65 (layer) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f351 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f352 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
Strata (included within phase) 2012-10-07 jW s860cJ3B [Input: WX07JW.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2012-10-07 jW This feature is fill, well sealed by two glacis, f50 and f368, which direcly covers it. Among other things it contains the debris from reshaping of the temple mound. Burial, a22, convincingly dated to the LC3 period was dug into it. [Input: WX07JW.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2012-10-07 jW Ceramics have been dated to the LC3 period. [Input: WX07JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2010-09-16 jW so [Input: UX05JW.j]
Color 2010-09-16 jW pale red [Input: UX05JW.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2010-09-16 jW 7.5YR 6/4 [Input: UX05JW.j]
Hardness, compaction 2010-09-16 jW >5 [Input: UX05JW.j]
Texture, surface finish 2010-09-16 jW crust from scraping [Input: UX05JW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v174
2010-09-16 jW [Input: V205JW.j]

v175
2010-09-16 jW [Input: V205JW.j]

v175a
2010-09-16 jW [Input: V205JW.j]

v176
2010-09-16 jW [Input: V205JW.j]

v176a
2010-09-16 jW [Input: V205JW.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2010-09-16 jW U916 [Input: UX05JW.j]