Unit 1063

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: ?building fill 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 3.4 x 1.0 x 0.1-0.2m 

Discussion: Some indication of cut within building fill marked by more heterogeneous lumpy fill (as defined by semi circle on unit sheet sketch). Investigation failed to define this further and it represents some kind of differentiation within the fill here. (1063) was then extended as a further arbitrary layer beneath (1053). The western section, though dry and indistinct appears to show some layering or lensing within the fill sloping down from south to north. To east lower part of this arbitrary layer runs under wall. A large bone protruding 1-2 cms into east wall ( in packing between courses of bricks) was part of equid pelvis. Not a wall 'fitting' but possibly deliberately placed during backfill? 0.55m south of NE corner of trench height: 1006.38 

Execution: hand (pick and trowel) 

Condition: warm and sunny 

Consistency: firm / compact but friable or loose patches, particularly around the 'edges' of putative cut 

Colour: 10YR 4/2 - 5/2 (dark greyish brown) 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: Massive but not homogenous 

Inclusions: c2% charcoal < 20mm, c5% distinct lumps of mudbrick < c100mm, < 2% plaster fragments, <2%thin flat lumps of possible coprolite 

Post-depositional Features: moderate roots and burrows, especially by wall to the east. 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1071 below: (Click to view the record) 1053 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 550 

Total Deposit Volume: 617 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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