Unit 16487

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: fill of niche 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Fill of niche on the northern wall (NE corner) below bucrenia (shep head). The fill was sterile the niche was empty. All the material went to floatation. It was similar to 16466 with a reduced cly context. 

Recognition: texture and colour 

Definition: defined by niche 

Execution: trowel and leaf trowel 

Condition: hot and dry 

Consistency: loose, friable 

Colour: mid to dark greyish brown 

Texture: slightly clay silt (with small quantity of ash) 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: sharp - fill in space created by niche 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16467 below: (Click to view the record) 16454 equal to: (Click to view the record) 16466 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 1 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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