Unit 8188

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill,empty cache 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 33cm N-S X 31cm EW 

Discussion: The unit consists of the fill of a clearly defined round cut in the sourthern platform. The top layers of the fill consisted primarly of clayish soil with inclusions of plastered floor remnants and baked brick fragments. A midden patch was encountered in the eastern half of the unit 8-9 cm below the surface. The midden was clearly darker than the surrounding soil, with inclusions of shell, charcoal and possible phytolith fragments. Under the midden at 13-15 cm below the surface I encountered a layer of small pieces of white plaster. This layer was consistnet throughout the unit. It was carefully noted then removed as a separate flotation sample (S6). Under the plaster layer the soil was loosely textured dark yellowish brown clay which was similar to non-midden soil above it. The soil in the southern part of the unit then became reddish in color, but less so in the northern part of the unit. The thin white floor which constitutes the basal boundary was encountered under this soil. The unit was cleaned and photographed. I widened the base slighlty to see if the floor continued and it did. The unit was then closed for later inspection when the rest of the southern platform is excavated. 

Recognition: clear cut in floor of southern platform 

Definition: clear definition of pit within cut 

Execution: leaf trowel, brush; completely emptied 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: soft friable in top layers, loose in lower layers 

Colour: 10YR 4/4; dark yellowish brown 

Texture: clay, soft 

Bedding: layered; slight slope (higher south, lower north) 

Inclusions: charcoal, shell, salts, plaster, red/orange brick (baked) 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: floor; thin, white with some black areas 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

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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