Unit 18161

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Pit lining 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 4.30m X 2.60m X 0.20m 

 

Discussion: Laminated floor-like sequence, very obvious around the sides of the pit, but less clear at the base (bottom of the pit). Excavation had gone beyond the lining slightly and only hald the associated fill excavated to aid in identifying the lined pit as of 10/08/2009. The interpretation is not clear, possibly a storage or mixing pit. Thin charcoal lense at base may indicate function or initial function. Disturbances in the middle could be from mixing. If the pit were a storage pit, it would have been relined repeatedly. 

 

Recognition: laminated pit lining similar to house floors 

Definition: clear 

Execution: mattock, trowel -- first half removed with (18153) as thought to be collapse in the fill initially. 

Condition: Hot 

Consistency: Compact 

Colour: alternating off-white, mid-gray, black, brown 

Texture: clay-silt 

Bedding: laminated, towards middle laminations less clear, perhaps more disturbed 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: cut by [18150] and [18160] 

Basal Boundary: very clear black lense at base 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18162 below: (Click to view the record) 18153 

 

Dry sieve volume: 60 

Total Deposit Volume: 113 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 8 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 132

Features:: (Click to view the record) 4074 (pit/scoop)

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 2009 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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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