Unit 32139

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: midden,redeposited midden 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

Discussion: A composite midden layer consisting of clay surface and mixed deposits excavated throughout space 631. In general this layer differed from other midden layers excavated in that it seemed to have a lower denisty of artifacts and more geological inclusions was initially thought to be redeposited midden. However, it is more likely that this is a slower accumulation of midden.

Dry sieve volume data by grid:
Grid 3- S3 195L
Grid 22- S13 45L
Grid 2- S23 135L
Grid 1- S33 255L
Grid 4- S43 90L; S46 60L
Grid 7- S53 75L
Grid 8- S63 90L
Grid 10-11- S73 65L
Grid 14- S83 60L
Grid 13- S93 64L
Grid 16- S103 75L
Grid 17- S113 75L
Grid 19-21- S123 120L
Grid 15- S133 75L
Grid 18- S143 75L
Grid 26-27 S153 45L 

Consistency: friable to compact 

Colour: dark grayish brown to light sandy orange 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: charcoal 2-5%; artefactual 2%; plant and organic remains 2-5%; geological 2% 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing, insects, trampling near the eastern limit 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic and diffuse with eastward slope of ~20-25 degrees 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32144 below: (Click to view the record) 32130, 32140 

Dry sieve volume: 1599 

Total Deposit Volume: 2022 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 72

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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