Unit 15185

Category: Cut    dug in 2010

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: Byzantine pit 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: NS 2.3m - EW 2.4m - 1m 

Discussion: JMR 23.8.2010: Cut of Byzantine pit F. 3331. Sides very concave, looks bell- or bubble-like. Pit not excavated to the end - base of cut not reached in 2010. Cut disturbed F. 3301 and 3302, which are undercut concavely by quite a bit, and roomfill U. 15176 in sp. 454. Cut (disturbance) only noticed at the level of 15176 after removing fill U. 15165, but cut and pit must have been present high up - see drawing 10/511. Upper part very near to topsoil, therefore not visible.
Fill / buttresses very distinct from fill of pit F. 3331, thus cut recognized very easily and probably correct.

NOTE THAT TOTAL STATION POINTS TAKEN ON 18.8. ARE INCORRECT - THIS CONCERNS LEVELS FOR THIS UNIT.

HLS 7.8.2011: The cut of F.3331 was relatively easily recognised, as the pit cut the walls and buttresses of Sp.454 on the northern and eastern sides. The southern side of the cut left the upper part of F.3351 untouched, but cut into the lower part. The pit seems to have itself been cut by burial F.3343. The base cut was not easily defined and it is ambigious as to whether there was a layer of undisturbed room fill from Space 454 found between the cut of the pit and the plastered surface U.16932. The depth of this fill would have been small, though. On the western side, the pit did not cut the wall of Space 454 and left perhaps 10-20cm of potentially undisturbed room fill (U.16960). The edges of the cut are concave, mostly substantially undercutting the surrounding walls of Space 454 especially on the eastern side. Similarly, on this side a line of plaster along that side (correlating with the eastern wall of Space 310) connects to an area of the pit that may be a chunk of wall left uncut by the pit. The base of the pit is, as mentioned, ambiguous but an ability to "peel" off soil on the level may indicate the base of the pit which is mostly flat, with undisturbed room fill beneath (U.16933). 

Recognition: colour, consistency of fill / cut mainly seen when it reaches walls 

Definition: clear towards buttresses and roomfill 

Execution: pick, trowel 

Condition: under shelter 

Shape: roughly circular/ovoid 

Sides: concave, undercutting 

Base Break: gradual 

Base: flat but uneven 

Orientation: n/a 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 15176, 16932, 16933, 16960 below: (Click to view the record) 15179, 15195, 15189, 15199, 15192, 15387, 16928 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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