Unit 11617

Category: layer    dug in 2005

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: obsidian pit fill 

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

Discussion: Continuation of layer 11611 which appeared to be an extention over much of the platform 1321. A separate number was given because material was enclosed in a deliberate cut (11618) in the platform. The top layer of white (11611) on a surface of the fillgave way to a grey mortar fill with small pieces of bone, and charcoal in it. All finds came from near the top of the hole, in the white plaster matrix, and appear to have been placed on top of the grey mortat, and around the edge of the cut. Being right on the edge of the platform, may once have been a posthole, or a ritual depsit, possibly connected with the burials in the neighbouring platform.


Volume roughly calculated. EGW 21 July 2009 . Appears that dry sieve volume of zero is valid 19/08/09 SAJ Original Total Deposit Volume entered as 9 altered by system check 30/08/09 

Recognition: by its contents and colour of fill 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, brush and leaf trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose and crumbly with some compacted lumps 

Colour: white 

Texture: sandy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: obsidian blades, a painted shell 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: clear, distinct, sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 11618 below: (Click to view the record) 11611 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 9 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 17

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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