Unit 8578
Category: layer dug in 2002
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: BENCH
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 85 CM X 20-28 CM
Discussion: THE UNIT COMPRISES REMAINS OF THE BENCH WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE FRONT OF THE POST (F. 168) AND AS A SOUTHERN EDGE OF PLATFORM 170. THE REMAINS OF THE BENCH ARE LAYERS OF COMPACT, DRY, LIGHT BROWN CLAY. THEY WERE PUT RIGHT ON THE MIDDEN BELOW THE BLDG. ORIGINALLY THE BENCH WAS 40 CM WIDE IN THE AREA WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE PLASTER OF THE POST (F. 168). THE EDGES WERE STRAIGHT AND ANGLES WERE 90*. The unit 8578 is made of the brown clay that belongs to the bench (f. 792) BUT ALSO SOME MIDDEN DEPOSIT WHICH WERE CAUGHT ON THE BOTTOM LAYER OF THE BENCH BROWN CLAY.
Recognition: COLOR, CONSITENCY, COMPOSITION
Definition: CLEAR
Execution: TROWEL , MATOCK
Condition: DRY
Consistency: FIRM
Colour: 5 YR 3/4, LIGHTBROWN 7.5 YR 6/3
Texture: SANDY CLAY WITH SALTS
Bedding: MASSIVE
Inclusions: SALT, GYPSUM
Post-depositional Features: animal holes, NORTH PART OF THE BENCH
Basal Boundary: MIDDEN
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
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
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2002 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 49 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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