Unit 5683

Category: Layer    dug in 2002

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: pit fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: scoop; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: This fill seems to belong to an ash pit-the whole unit was basically ash. Huseyin excavated it and it stopped on a infily type of base.

They probably used this pit as an ash pit with connection to F…

Took a flotation sample to see what was in it besides ash 

Recognition: Recognised by its ashyness from the section and as 5680 was being removed 

Definition: Defined by its colour and texture covered 

Execution: Trowel, brush 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: Grey 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: few bone (small), %5 bits of charcoal, phytholiths- in general the whole layer was ash 

Post-depositional Features: fine roots 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

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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