Stratigraphic Units

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Basics

Excavation Year
Area
Definition
17000 Chocolate layer below 17113
SU Type
Formation Process
Layer Distinguished By
Photo Numbers
101-7482, 101-7483, 101-7484
Photomodel Numbers
Plan Numbers
none
Section Numbers
Approximate Date of Layer
to
Date of Layer Observations
Stratigraphical Reliability
Confidence in Interpretation
Contamination Risk

Record Events

Filled Out By
Revised By
Filled Out On
Revised On
SU Opened On
SU Closed On

Inclusions

Class Frequency Details
Anthropic
Mortar Rare only in SE corner, still part of SU 17113?
Geologic
Organic

Soil Matrix

Composition
Matrix
Compaction
Color

Clarity of Limits

Northern Limit
Southern Limit
Western Limit
Eastern Limit
Depth Limit
Clarity of Limits Notes
Did not excavate down to natural geology

Stratigraphic Sequence

Relationships

Observations and Descriptions

Observations
Weird sunken rock near SE corner with a dip in the layer filled with soil more similar to SU 17113 (tile and mortar inclusions). Slight slope goes down from west to east. Same as chocolate layers 17100, 17104, and 17117 (to west of wall 17002), as well as chocolate found in Areas 10000, 14000, 15000, 16000.

Layers

Excavation Method
Excavation Conditions

Cuts

Cut Shape in Plan
Cut Top - BOS
Cut Base - BOS
Cut Sides
Cut Orientation
Cut Dimensions

Structural Remains

Structure Type

Orientation
Material
Building Technique

Bonding Material
Number of Coursings
Wall Facing

Dimensions
Related architectural features

Environmental Samples

Sample Type

Interpretations

Interpretations
2017-07-23 Rhodora Vennarucci

Note that wall 17012 has no clear foundation. The wall sits on top of the chocolate layer (17114), and was built with mortar and packed clay soil.

2017-07-22 Marzuolo Archaeologist

Either deliberate foundation fill or alluvial deposit below the floor layer. Pollen analysis from chocolate layer excavated in MZ2016 lends support that deposition was anthropic. The hypothesized cut for 17119 (foundation of wall 17002) cuts into the chocolate layer; foundation for wall 17012 appears to be added later and is above chocolate layer.

Faunal Register

Bulk Finds

Finds Observations
Finds Storage Notes
Bulk Finds

Special Finds

Ceramics

Ceramics Assemblage Condition
Ceramics Condition Comments
Ceramics

Glass

Glass

Ceramics Study

Connected Forms

Attachments

Attachments
MAP2017_Context_Sheet_17114.pdf
Context Sheet

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