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f 247
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su This feature was exposed at the end of the second season of excavations in J3, MZ19(2006-T).  It was described as a floor with a depth of 19cm (top 9096/bottom 9077)  However, the last q-lot removed from this feature, q390, had a measured top elevation of 9036.  Twenty-seven large limestone blocks, components of aggregate a16 (memory stones), were described as resting on this feature.  Typically, the top elevation of these blocks was about 9050.  (The bottom elevations have not been measured because the blocks are still in place.)  f247 covers f253, whose top elevation is 9077 and whose bottom elevation is 9046.  This bottom elevation coincides with the top elevation (9048) of adjacent eastward floor f148, upon which other components of a16 sit.
su Therefore one must conclude that f247 was not a floor, but rather the higher of two accumulations atop a projected floor, f370, (elevation 9046) which was neither specifically recognized nor assigned a separate feature number at the time of excavation.  It would have been the westward extension of floor, f148.  It is better to see the limestone blocks as sitting in f247 rather than resting on it, since at the beginning of the excavation of this feature all were covered.

f 253
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su This feature was described as an accumulation under floor, f247.  It had the same Munsell color, 10YR7/3, and hardness, 4.5.  Post-excavation analysis indicates that f253 and f247 were identical and both covered a floor, f370, that was not designated at the time of excavation, but in fact remains in situ.  The southern part of f253 was further excavated to espose accumulations, f257 and f261, outside the revetment wall, f11.  This resulted in the removal of another stone structure, a9, which may have been associated with the memory stones, a16, which are still in situ.


f 370
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ds This is the westward projection of a compacted dirt floor (f261) covered by accumulations, f247 and f253.  Upon it rests 27 limestone blocks, arranged in a rough line running east-west.  These are are components of aggregate a16, memory stones.  The projected top elevation is 9046, based on the bottom elevation of f253 which would have covered it.  It remains in situ.