Unit 1079

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: fill of scoop 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: posthole; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 1.70m x 0.12m x 0.43m 

Discussion: Much of this fill is plaster, with much semi-layering. Possibly plaster was prepared here? This fill cleans off at the base at the north end of the east side on to a browny clayey fill distinct from the plastery one. During excavation, Cicek was clear that this was the back of the fill, although it was also clear to me that it was not the back of the cut since this should have been midden. Consequently the fill was treated as ending in line with the wall, while the brown fill at the back belonged presumably to an earlier cut. Shahina and I disagree about this. She regards the brown clay fill as all part of the same fill in (1079) and (1095) , and sees only a single cut which descends smoothly, truncates a wall and then drops sharply, all filled with mixed floor and building debris. Will we ever know? 

Consistency: Quite strong 

Colour: 2.5Y 6/3 -5/3 liight yellowish brown - light olive brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: Layered and convolute 

Inclusions: Freq. plaster 20 - 30 % - med and small, occasional small and medium charcoal; occasional small clay brick 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: - 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1095 below: (Click to view the record) 1058 

Dry sieve volume: 100 

Total Deposit Volume: 100 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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