Unit Book J4

The Eastern Top of the Main Staircase (Version 1a)

Overviews. Stratigraphy

Introduction

Yasmine Mahmoud – July 2025

For an overall discussion of the principles of Stratigraphic Analysis see the grammar.

For presentation of the stratigraphy of the Urkesh site as a whole see the Mozan Sitewide website.

Both emplacement and deposition have a clear configuration in each of the two main stages, with a high number of well defined structures.

Sections were drawn and daily sketch drawings documented features and items in volumetry. The phasing of excavated layers is documented in chronometry.

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