Unit 14321

Category: Cut    dug in 2006

 

Area: South 

 

Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

Interpretive Categories: wall cut 

 

Data Category Information: Description: foundation trench

 

Discussion: Cut for wall F1523, F1533 (3x extant bricks only), associated with B53. Not fully excavated by end of 2006 season. Evidence seems to suggest that a cut or kind of scoop was made through the midden material in Space 261, with the ground subsequently being made up to level for building purposes. The cut is visable in the east facing section c.f wall pics for F1523. Layers (14322), (12552), (12525), and (12521), are all deposits located broadly in a n/s direction along side the east side of the wall F1523, suggesting that they have formed in a cut. If they have a possible sequence for the walls could be: (1) Wall cut. (2) Foundation layer (14322). Starting to make up the ground. (3) Further foundation layer (12552) and backfill. This layer appeared to go under and also against the outter part of the wall F1523. (4) Further backfill with layers (12521) and (12525). Both layers being above the last course of both F1523 and F1533.

A potential problem with this situation is that the southern end of the cut looks as if it does not run the full length of the wall. As mentioned above it is visable in the east facing section of wall F1523, but the wall does continue south under the baulk. Further excavation south may not be possible, but when the F1523 is released on it west side, and layers can be linked up, it should become clear what is happening. There does of course lie the possibility that no cut was made, and that ground was made up accordingly and the wall/s subsequently planted and then midden material from Space 261 thrown up against the wall to protect it from the elements. 

 

Recognition: In section 

Definition: clear 

Shape: Irregular 

Sides: Irregular 

Base Break: Incomplete 

Base: Incomplete 

Orientation: N/S 

All Layers within: (Click to view the record) 14322, 12522, 11371, 11368, 12531, 12530, 12525, 12521 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12502 below: (Click to view the record) 14322, 14802, 11382, 11381 equal to: (Click to view the record) 14808 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 53

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 257, 261

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1523 (wall)

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2006 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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