Unit 21651

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: pit in midden 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Outline of infill clearly visible in eastern section. Color difference was main identifying factor. In plan also visible as surrounding midden layer contains much more soot and charcoal making the lighter colored pit infill visible. The pit contained some bone fragments. Uncertain purpose. Could be a result of digging into pit and then backfilling it with waste material. As it was dug into a midden this seems likely. The unit was delimited to the north by a truncated brick which also gave the pit its stepped characteristics. The unit was excavated by trowel in order to locate and identify the borders of the cut. 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: brownish grey 

Texture: sandy silt 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: charcoal 1%, pieces of bone, some fragments of mudbrick <5% 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing, cut by section in east 

Basal Boundary: levelled, abrupt, distinct, broken, inclined towards east 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21652 below: (Click to view the record) 12394 

Dry sieve volume: 4 

Total Deposit Volume: 34 

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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