Unit 11009

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Midden,Pit fill 

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

Description: FAST TRACK 

Discussion:
The upper portion of this feature was excavated as units 11005 and 11006, then continued as 11008. We are now excavating in arbitrary layers, as there is a strong potential for this feature to emerge as a very deep, bell-shaped pit, (possibly a late storage pit for grain, etc. [Ian]). The base of unit 11008 appeared to indicate this shapek, as the fill appears to undercut the more solid 11005 material.

Sides of pit are cleaned. Can see stratified clayey deposits of space 232. Also wall to N appears. Meterial of fill is very gravelly with large fragments of burned clay. Large fragments noted in NW. Part of wall seems very solid (part of matrix of space 232?) Long animal hole from W. edge around edge of pit in N and W. Clayey fill in center of unit gives the impression of near bottom -- but this is probably an illusion. When will it end?

Very few non building/oven material. A few bones. Polished stone axe fragment.

FAST TRACK

EXCAVATED 18/07/04 

Recognition: Continuation of pit feature 1751 revealed at higher levels (11006, 11008)-- sediment is distinctive from surrounding fill 

Definition: Surrounded by sediments of different color, density, and inclusions 

Execution: Use of trowel and hoe to remove significant portions; some brushing for better definition 

Condition: Some dampness due to rainshowers of 16/7/04 

Consistency: Friable to firm 

Colour: Reddish beige-- mottled 

Texture: Clayey loam 

Bedding: Layered, discontinuous bedding (unit is mottled) 

Inclusions: Mud brick, bone, charcoal, ash 

Post-depositional Features: Some bioturbation due to small root systems and animal burrowing; compaction 

Basal Boundary: Arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 11010 below: (Click to view the record) 11008 equal to: (Click to view the record) 11008, 11010, 11011 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 259 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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