Unit 11903

Category: Cluster    dug in 2005

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: bin fill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: bin; Material: seeds; Deposition: primary deposition

Dimensions: 85 x 40 cm. 

Discussion: This unit of bin fill contained two concentrations of what appeared to be charred barley grain, plus are concentration of charred whole almonds (i.e.. the nutshell with inner kernel intact). These concentrations within the unit were taken as samples number 1-3. In addition to it to a normal flotation sample, chaff-tempered fragments of plastered building material were also taken as a sample of botanical interest (sample no. 5).
In pursuing the almond concentration (sample no. 3) some chunks of burned mud brick were removed revealing a broader spread of almonds across the center of the bin. Because the general nature of the bin fill had also changed (more compact, more burned mud brick) an end to this unit was defined. 

Recognition: identified on the fill of the bin 

Definition: defined by the walls of the bin 

Execution: trowel and brush 

Consistency: varying from fairly loose seed 'pockets' to compact building material 

Colour: varying from black - gray - red / orange 

Texture: silty clay - clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charred cereal grains, almonds 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: flat - concave 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 11906 below: (Click to view the record) 11900 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 24 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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