Unit 5521

Category: Layer    dug in 2002

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: midden,pit fill 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

Dimensions: 1.4 x 1.5 m 

Discussion: this layer was initially thought as pit fill as it peeled off to a burnt layer that dropped to the N. As excavation continued (wchich was done by |Hussein and Sinan) this burnt layer diffused and the borders of the whole context kind of disappeard so I gave it an arbitrary border to the N.
This taught me again probably for the 5th time that following midden deposits are very difficult and the blending that happens between different contexts makes it difficult to see exact boundaries between them 

Recognition: this was recognized as a pit fill that was beneath 5520, differentiated with maybe a bit more finds within the matrix. 

Definition: defined by the trench walls, late intrusion to the S and not really clear towards the N 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: moist from rain 

Consistency: moderate 

Colour: greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: salt concretions, bits of charcoal, ash, bone, pottery, obsidian, some building material (plaster, --, clay, etc) pretty much like a midden context 

Post-depositional Features: animal, insect, root activity 

Basal Boundary: sharp to the S, peeling off to a burnt level, but as the context goes to the N, this burning level disappears and it gets blended with the midden deposits to the N 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5539 below: (Click to view the record) 5520 equal to: (Click to view the record) 5538 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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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