Unit 22765

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: infill between plastered walls of building 133 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: This unit 22765 was opened to excavate the floor layer 22765 between the plaster lines of building 133. Phytolith samples were taken from outside the plaster line and inside as advised by labs. A few grains were also collected and entered for carbon dating to try and understand the stratigraphy of floor layer 22765. Two X finds were recorded, a bone awl and what appeared to be worked clay but this was later thought to be a stone but was entered anyway as a precaution. After a small period of excavating it was apparent that the rubble foundation layer extended up to half of the floor northwards so a decision was made to stop excavating and start unit 22767 to excavate this layer. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: orange and grey in the north, grey to the south 

Texture: clay brick and mortar north, mixed foundation south 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: voids, brick and burnt brick 

Post-depositional Features: thin layer of salts on surface and organic stains and burrows 

Basal Boundary: constructional 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22767 below: (Click to view the record) 21085 

Dry sieve volume: 16 

Total Deposit Volume: 46 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds 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

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