Unit 7658

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: pit infill 

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

Dimensions: 1.28 x 1.16 x 0,17 

Discussion: This is a relatively big pit dug into a larger pit, the function of which is difficult to specify. It was probably Hellenistic in age. Interestingly, both pits are older than layer associated with storage building excavated in the season 2002.

This feature was transferred to Space 598 in 2015. 

Recognition: color and consistency 

Definition: pit dug out into an older pit, upper part 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry and hot 

Consistency: loose in some parts, from friable to compact in other areas 

Colour: from light brown to dark brown, also orange, beige and red 

Texture: sand mixed with burnt clay 

Bedding: mixed deposits 

Inclusions: pottery, animal bones, obsidian, CBM, clay 

Post-depositional Features: burnt deposits 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7659 

Dry sieve volume: 166 

Total Deposit Volume: 188 

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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