Unit 32627

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: infill of retrieval pit 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: Retrieval pit infill in sp.605. This unit was recognized by edge of cut as a seperate unit. The origin of the unit was retrieval pit infill. The unit was located into cut in sp.605. The orientation of deposit is south to north. The unit consist of typical room infill material which is more mixed deposit with midden and dump building material. It contains more charcoal flecks. The deposit was deliberately created in single episode.

The cut of pit has a irregular ovoid shape in plan. Rounded corners, It has very sharp top and base break of slope. The sides of cut is vertical. This cut has a irregular base. The orientation is south to east. Layers within cut, 32627

The unit was excavated by trowel. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid gray 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal, mudbrick,plaster flecks 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:NFEbelow: (Click to view the record) 32616 

Dry sieve volume: 100 

Total Deposit Volume: 127 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): IX 

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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