Unit 30621

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: make-up layer on platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: This unit was recognized by differences in texture and color. It is a makeup layer that lies upon a bench which runs along the south wall. The basal boundary was not clear. There is a patchy plaster layer that lies beneath with a difficult set of boundaries to identify. The soil was quite varied--from very loose and crumbly on the limit of the unit (likely the result of exposure following Mellaart's excavation) to quite compact. The compact regions may actually be part of a fill. Mellaart may have cut into the building so that the true wall, and edge of the unit, lies beneath the possible fill. Note: following the closure of this unit, we removed the overlying midden and room fill and have reidentified the bench as a platform. 

Consistency: loose to firm 

Colour: mid gray 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal, plaster 

Post-depositional Features: cracks 

Basal Boundary: gradual 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30639 below: (Click to view the record) 30636 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 47 

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

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