Unit 6919

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: hearth,pit fill 

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

Dimensions: 1,58 x 1,30 x 0,16 

Discussion: Consistency of the pit is very diverse. Its northern part consisted of ashes, dark grey sand and inclusions of silt. Its southern part had more silt and mid brown / dark grey sand. The paleobothanical sample was taken from the base in the southern part (S2). Sample S2 was taken from infill of mixed sand and silt. Samples S1 and S5 come from part of infill that contains more ashes and is more homogenous. Pottery, bones and grains are burned. 

Recognition: irregular and multicolour layer 

Definition: pit of unspecified function 

Execution: shovel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose, in some places friable 

Colour: brown, whitish, yellow, grey 

Texture: sand, v. small inclusions of silt 

Bedding: v. thin layers of silt, ashes, sand 

Inclusions: pottery, obsidian, bones, coin 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 6920 below: (Click to view the record) 6873 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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