Stratigraphic Units

Publication

Publication Status
Publication Year
Publication Notes

Basics

Excavation Year
Area
Definition
Formation Process
Stratigraphical Reliability
SU Type
Layer Distinguished By
Photos
Photo Model

Record Events

Filled Out By
Revised By
Finds Studied By
Filled Out On
Revised On
Finds Processed On
SU Closed

Inclusions

Class Frequency Details
Anthropic
Geologic
Organic

Soil Matrix

Composition
Clay %
Silt %
Sand %
Matrix
Compaction
Measured Compaction
Measured Compaction (kg per cm)
Color

Unit Limits

Northern Limit
Southern Limit
Western Limit
Eastern Limit
Depth Limit
Unit Limit Notes

Stratigraphic Sequence

Observations and Descriptions

Observations
Position
Shape

Layers

Surface
Inclusion Observations
Thickness Observations
Interface

Cuts

Cut Edges
Cut Sides
Cut Bottom
Cut Top Edge
Cut Bottom Edge
Cut Observations

Structural Remains

Alignment
Building Technique

Binding Agent
Mortar Description
Mortar Inclusions

Mortar Inclusion Size
Wall Facing

Foundations
Floor Type

Wall Finishing

Dimensions
Structure Description

Samples

Total Volume of Layer (buckets)
Soil Sampling
Soil Sample Quantity (buckets)
Soil Sample Fraction (%)
Sieving
Sieving Sample Quantity (buckets)
Sieving Sample Fraction (%)
Non Soil Sampling
Non Soil Sample Type
Non Soil Sample Size

Interpretations

Interpretations
2018-07-22 Zoe Ortiz

This partial mosaic floor was most likely stratigraphically contemporaneous with the other partial mosaic floors of Room I-17 (SUs 8402, 8410, 8411, and 8409). This conclusion is based on the consistent presence of similar decorative features (i.e. a band of smaller, white tesserae and a set pattern of rectangular marble crustae). Although there is no evident physical relationship, it is highly likely that SUs 8403, 8402, 8410, and 8411 once composed a unified mosaic floor. It is also possible that SU 8409 connected to the mosaic floor of the eastern side of Room I-20, but there is a notable absence of mosaic in the center of the room (on a N-S axis) and therefore the mosaic might have been purposely separate. Lastly, the small partial mosaic floor in the apsidal Room I-20 might have once been connected as well, but that relationship is far less certain. Not only is it spatially distant, it is located in a different room that might have had a threshold separating the two spaces. Further investigation is necessary to understand the relationship between Rooms I-17 and I-20.

2018-07-19 Lina Kapp

Decorative mosaic floor in a large domestic space, possibly an atrium or peristyle courtyard.

Dates and Phasing

Approximate Date of Layer
to
Date of Layer Observations
Creation Phase (First Phase Present)
Last Active Phase (Present and in Use)
Last Presence Phase (Last Phase Present, not in Use)

Faunal Register

Faunal NISP

Bulk Finds

Finds Observations
Finds Storage Notes
Bulk Finds
Lost / Damaged - Shed Fire 2020
Fire Damage Notes

Special Finds

Ceramics

Ceramics Assemblage Condition
Lost / Damaged - Shed Fire 2020
Ceramics Condition Comments
Ceramics

Glass

Glass

Spot Dates

Connected Forms

Attachments

Attachments
pm2018_su8402_su8403_su8178_su8318_ex.pdf
Photo Model

Walls and mosaic floor in northeast corner of Room I-17.

GPR_8403_sketch.pdf
Sketch

Mosaic floor in Room I-17 west of floor 8402

SU_8402_8403.JPG
Photo

SU_8403.JPG
Photo

SU_8408_3.JPG
Photo