Unit 13532

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: midden 

Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

Dimensions: 4.22 x 2.15 x 0.37 

Discussion: This is a very heterogeneous midden in N part of the trench. It was very thick and comprised many constructional elements as well as ashes and charcoal. A collapsed wall was discovered in the central part of the unit. It might have been some sort of external space, maybe ind of courtyard. Upper level of the deposit comprised compact surface due to occupation of this outer space. In its western part a huge number of big animal bones was found. In S part of the unit fragments of a skeleton of a small sheep were discovered: many fr of skull, maxilla, mandible, scapula and astragallus. The western part of this unit comprised relatively friable and easier deposit to remove. A layer of a burnt soil was recorded within the unit. Among the inclusions presence of small fr of red plaster and traces of matting were noticed.It contained also many fr of pottery, obsidian and more than 40 objects recorded as x- finds. The exploration of the unit was finished arbitrarly. 

Recognition: colour, stratigraphic position 

Definition: a midden in N part of the trench 

Execution: trovel, shovel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: friable to firm to compact 

Colour: light brown, dark brown, gray, orange, yellowish 

Texture: clay, silty clay, silty sand 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: pottery, animal bones, obsidian, shell, charcoal, flint, cristals 

Post-depositional Features: rodents, roots 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary, flat 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17600, 17603 below: (Click to view the record) 13531 equal to: (Click to view the record) 17609 

Dry sieve volume: 1158 

Total Deposit Volume: 1182 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 41

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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