Unit 8142

Category: layer    dug in 2001

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: fill 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 40cm N-S X 26 cm E-W 

 

Discussion: Fill of a cut partially (or mostly) excavated in 2000 as unit 6305 in northern most part of sp. 158. We found large chunks of what looks like the floor of an oven. Perhaps it was redeposited in this squarish pit in the N. end of sp. 158 after it was no longer in use. The stratigraphy of this unit is very complicated and seems to be a jumble of dumped material- chunks of burned clay (orange) and ash and packing and some whitish yellow clay material. The pit seems to go on forever and we are taking occasional photos to document its stages. I came down to what we are desiginating the basal boundary of the pit. However, it appears to go under the red plaster wall and the rest of the pit seems to extend much further (west and south) than we had anticipated from the cut. So, we are going to cover it and wait to understand relationships once the wall has been taken out. The basal boundary lies directly below a layer of jumbled hard orange baked clay and wet yellowish clay. It is a white ashy surface that is fairly thin. It has abundant shell and shte shell is often the indicator that the boundary has been reached. The orange baked clay materialis what we think is the remains of a redeposited oven. Pedja is currently working on F. 604 which has very similar orange hard clay material. It is a possibility that F. 604 or a similar feature was redeposited into this pit.

KJ 04/07/01- See unit 8292 for the continuation of the excation of this pit- now F. 770 

 

Recognition: remains of 2000 unit 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: 10YR 6/3 mostly; orange baked clay 

Texture:  

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: baked clay (abundant) and plaster (sporadically) 

Post-depositional Features: animal hole through the middle 

Basal Boundary: "salty" surface w/ mixed ash and shell 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): equal to: (Click to view the record) 6305 

 

Dry sieve volume: 40 

Total Deposit Volume: 63 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds 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 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 3

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 158

Features:: (Click to view the record) 770 (cut)

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2001 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 5

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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