Unit 17541

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Structural timber 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0,30 m x 0,14 m 2012: 0.37 x 0.18 x 0.62 

Discussion: Structural timber support for wattle and daub structure F6050 in the NW corner of space 336.

Additional info 2012:
Excavated 2012. 42 litre was dry sieved (total amount). Remaining part of partly excavated, burnt post/jposts, on top mostly charcoal with burnt plaster at the edges. Further down the layer was mixed with ashes and more and more brown, humus like, soft silt. Bits of charcoal lay all way to the bottom. The loose layer was easy to distinguished from surrounding layer. The stratigraphical sequence was what you could expect from a burnt post. U.17541 was disturbed by animal burrows. The human teeth and other finds in the fill are most likely the result of the burrows. Two separate pits could be seen at the bottom, perhaps two posts were put inside the cut. /SH 

Recognition: Burnt post, form, colour, texture 

Definition: Sharp 

Execution: Not excavated - sampled 2012 excavated with trowel 

Condition: Hot, dry 

Consistency: Firm yet friable 

Colour: Black, 2012: dark grey, brown, orange 

Texture: Charcoal, 2012: silt 

Bedding: Massive. 2012 Layered 

Inclusions: Charcoal, ash, bone, shell 

Post-depositional Features: Burnt in situ 2012: Animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: Irregular 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19599 below:NFE

Dry sieve volume: 42 

Total Deposit Volume: 42 

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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