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Chapter 2. The Stratigraphy of Tell er-Rumeith

Abstract

T he following description of the stratigraphy of Tell er-Rumeith is based on a variety of sources. First and foremost are the field notebooks, which were kept for all the excavated squares ( , except for the soundings along the eastern slope (NE 8-1 and NE 13-1). The stratum plans are pieced together from top plan drawings contained in the notebooks. Only the plan for Stratum VII/VIIB had been drafted in preliminary form ( ). The section drawings also are adapted from the notebooks. 1 The copious photographs taken in the field were extremely helpful in reconstructing the stratigraphy and appear throughout this chapter. Finally, published preliminary reports (esp. P. Lapp 1975 and N. Lapp 1993) were a valuable reference.