Unit 15140

Category: Layer    dug in 2010

 

Area: Trench 5 

 

Interpretive Categories: top soil 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: N-S: 1,2-1,65m ; E-W: 6,6m ; depth: 0,2m (east) - 0,65m(west) 

 

Discussion: Southward extension of Trench 5 in order to find continuations of F.s 5058 / 2424 / 2427 / 3301 / 3302 / 5076 and space 310.

Firm, grey, mixed topsoil. Special finds are large number of large potsherds, some tiles (broken) and lime stones (white) in the eastern part. Not dry sieved.

Contained burial F. 3318 in the western part.

In the western part parts of the structures around 310 (F.s 2424, 5058, 2427, 3301, 3302) have been scraped and levelled and that soil included in 15140. 

 

Recognition: grass 

Definition: clear - arbitrary 

Execution: large pick, small pick, trowel, brush 

Condition: under shelter - hot 

Consistency: firm, some looser patches 

Colour: grey 

Texture: sandy silt 

Bedding: rather homogenous 

Inclusions: a lot of pottery, some obsidian, animal bone, tiles, lime stones 

Post-depositional Features: a lot of mole holes/roots 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary - flat 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 15161 below:F. 3318

 

Total Deposit Volume: 3630 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 9

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Buildings:

none 
Spaces:

none 
Features::

none 

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 2010 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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