Unit 18404

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Trample / surface,Wash deposit 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 2 x 1.3 x 0.04 m 

Discussion: Layer of clay silt - originally believed to be a floor or surface. Most lines formed from wash post-Mellaart. On a thick floor. Event truncated to the south by Neolithic pit (not Mellaart). Contained some burnt brick crush interface in pit (18408) 1 base shard pottery - may be contamination (appears to be a late form) 

Recognition: Above cut feature SW corner 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Trowel excavated 

Condition: Hot 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Mid greyish brown 

Texture: Clay silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Moderate animal bone (all from DS), small finds, very occ pottery, base shard (poss contamination) 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: Sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18407 below: (Click to view the record) 12518 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 39 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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

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.

<< BackDownload this Units Data