Locus L.6K78.050

General Information

Locus Type:

Architecture

Supervisor:

R. Kent; D. Hopkins

Designation:

E-W wall; threshold between Walls 9A & 5

Reason:

Different masonry from Wall 9B above

Top Separation:

Bottom Separation:

Start Date:

30 Jul, 2002

End Date:

18 Jul, 2011

Interpretation

Function:

Threshold for door between Walls 9A & 5

Stratigraphy remarks:

Earlier than Wall 9B which blocked it, & L 42 & Surf 44; later than Walls 9A & 5

Balk:

Phase:

Stratum :

Architecture Description

Material

chert Qualifier 1:

chert Qualifier 2:

chert Qualifier 3:

chert Percent:

0

Limestone Qualifier 1:

None

Limestone Qualifier 2:

Limesotne Qualifier 3:

Limestone Percent:

100

basalt Qualifier 1:

basalt Qualifier 2:

basalt Qualifier 3:

basalt Percent:

0

nari Qualifier 1:

nari Qualifier 2:

nari Qualifier 3:

nari Percent:

0

mudbrick Qualifier 1:

mudbrick Qualifier 2:

mudbrick Qualifier 3:

mudbrick Percent:

Arch Frags:

0

Fragment Type:

Quarry:

Wall Stones

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

0

Small Boulder (25-50cm) %:

Medium Boulder (50-75cm) %:

25

Large Boulder (75-100cm) %:

0

Very Large Boulder (>1 m) %:

0

Chinkstones

Pebble (.2-6 cm) %:

0

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

100

Fillstones: (in Rubble-filled Construction)

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

0

Small Boulder (25-50cm) %:

0

Medium Boulder (50-75cm) %:

0

Large Boulder (75-100cm) %:

0

Very Large Boulder (>1 m) %:

0

Brick

Length (upper):

0.0

Length (lower):

0.0

Width (upper):

0.0

Width (lower):

0.0

Depth (upper):

0.0

Depth (lower):

0.0

Dressing: (Stone Only)

Unhewn %:

100

Semi-hewn %:

Dressed %:

0

Ashlar %:

0

Bossed %:

0

Tooling (Stone Only)

Upper Width:

0.0

Lower Width:

0.0

Upper Length:

0.0

Lower Length:

0.0

Sketch:

false

Photo:

false

Mortar

Dry-laid %:

100

Clay %:

0

Mud %:

0

Cement %:

0

Plaster %:

0

Average Thickness:

0.0

Facing

Facing:

Unfaced

Color:

Construction

Style:

Boulder & Chink

Support:

Free-standing

Tendencies:

Courses

Highest Count:

0

Lowest Count:

1

Random:

false

Rows

Highest Count:

2

Lowest Count:

1

Two with Rubble:

false

Random:

false

Measurements

Greatest Length in meters:

1.53

Greatest width in meters:

1.28

Smallest width in meters:

0.85

Greatest Height in meters:

0.18

Lowest Height in meters:

0.1

Orientation (degrees):

300

Dip (degrees):

0

Preservation

Preservation:

Foundation Only: Complete

Lean Direction (degrees):

0

Lean Degrees:

0

Top Foundation Level:

0.0

Remarks

Remarks:

E face: 270 orientation; height taken from S face; seems to abut lower course of Wall 5 so the stone which appears to extend under Wall 5 is actually part of Wall 5, not Threshold 50; Removed U11

Levels

Location Top Level Bottom Level
26 911.86 0
28 910.5 0
28 910.41 0
28 910.51 0

Stratigraphy

Under Wall L6K78:009
Abuts Wall L6K78:009
Abuts Wall L6K78:005
Sealed agnst by Earth layer L6K78:042
Sealed agnst by Surface L6K78:044
Over Earth layer L6K78:060
Over Earth layer L6K78:061
Under Wall L6K78:005
Under Wall L6K78:002
Abuts Wall L6K78:065

Pails

Number Date Baskets Total Diagnostic Published

Photos

Date Photo Number Subject Photo
30 Jul, 2004 04L99363 Final from N
12 Jul, 2002 02L78173 Progress
16 Jul, 2002 02L78195 Progress
24 Jul, 2002 02L78268 Progress
25 Jul, 2002 02L78282 Progress
26 Jul, 2002 02L78296 Wall 9B
17 Jul, 2002 02L78209 Progress
18 Jul, 2002 02L78220 Progress
26 Jul, 2002 02L78297 Wall 9B
29 Jul, 2002 02L78314 Doorway
22 Jul, 2002 02L78241 Progress
26 Jul, 2002 02L78295 Progress
27 Jul, 2004 04L78320 Pre-ex before cleanup
28 Jul, 2004 04L78330 Progress
29 Jul, 2004 04L78346 Progress
01 Aug, 2004 04L78374 Rim beneath wall
30 Jul, 2004 04L89364 Final from E
30 Jul, 2004 04L89365 Final from E
15 Jul, 2011 11L78034 Progress
18 Jul, 2011 11L8037 Progress
19 Jul, 2011 11L7042 Progress