Unit 30122
Category: Layer dug in 2013
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Post base,Use surface between posts
Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted
Discussion: A grey packed layer similar to floor but sloping heavily. It was very hard, I had to hack it out. Below it was a softer but still very packed pure clay layer such as 30107, the packed clay above.
This unit seems to have been exposed for some time. It was very similar to a dirty floor. To me it seems like an accumulated surface, however packed hard by the weight of a post. Perhaps this was the real base of the post/pillar, or this layer represents the time when this feature did not contain a post but was used for other reasons in the in-between time of posts. I am inclined to think the later. But as the feature is not fully excavated 2013, we'll see. The character of next unit will tell more of this, I think.
Consistency: Compact, very hard to remove, had to use pick axe
Colour: Greyish brown
Texture: Clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Specks of secondary carbonates, salts, charcoal (?)
Post-depositional Features: None specific
Basal Boundary: Gradual and somewhat clear. Beneath is another layer of pure clay.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 4
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
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Finds Room Information:
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2013 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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