Unit 8614

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: rim and bottom of bin (?) 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 0.84 m x 0.68 m 

Discussion: In order to define the relationship between F. 1015 (bin?) and the surrounding space, i. e. floors revealed when unit 8608 was removed (sequence of 3 floors and 4 packings), we excavated the rim and the probable base of it. The rim consisted of layers of soils of various colours - red, orange, black - and was almost rectangular in shape; its west and south sides were attached to the wall bricks (no plaster between). The base of the rim is truncated, probably because it lies on a surface that sloped southwards. Below it there is a deposit of midden material (ash, soot, charcoal, phytoliths, gypsum) that stretches beyond the rim of the bin and goes underneath the floor and the packing around the bin.
When we finished the unit it became clear that the layer of orange soil at the base of the bin is earlier than the surrounding floors reached after unit 8608 was excavated. That is why we'll stop digging at that point and our next task will be to remove the floor of white plaster around the bin. 

Recognition: pretty arbitrary, not clear 

Definition: recognized by colour and shape 

Execution: trowel, Mira tool 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm to strong 

Colour: mostly reddish and orange with black lenses 

Texture: silty clay and loam 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: ash, charcoal, phytoliths, gypsum, fragmented bones 

Post-depositional Features: rodent holes 

Basal Boundary: approximately rectangular 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8600 

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 

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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