Unit 11397

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: midden 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

Description: Midden deposit below (11379) not excavated in 2005 season - subsequently excavated by PAC in 2006 

Discussion: A thin cleaning spit was removed on Saturday 24th June upon which the upper part of space 261 resolved itself into two distinct layers based on the consistency of layers. Layer 11397 which was attributed in CH05 appeared to be a softer layer lying to the west of a firmer later -12500 - attributed in 2006.
Together layers 11397 and 12500 appear to suggest that space 261 was used as open ground during the life of building 53. Neither 11397 or 12500 are primary midden and they may be re-deposited midden. The firmness of layers 11397 and 12500 may suggest that this space was a utilitarian space that was frequently trampled underfoot. A space for multiple uses.
11397 contained many lenses of soil. 

Recognition: Soil like layer with charcoal flecks/ fragments 

Definition: Below 11379 which has already been removed. Softer than 12500 which is stratigraphically below it and contrasts greatly with the burnt mud-brick rubble that is physically below it in places 

Execution: mattock and trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Appears grey when dry and dark brown when wet 

Texture: silt loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: Frequent charcoal flecks and fragments, occasional brick and very occasional plaster fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Animal disturbance - truncated by South shelter foundations 

Basal Boundary: Clear when directly above burnt brick rubble, horizon less clear with 12500 but still apparent on a consistency basis 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12500 below: (Click to view the record) 11379 

Dry sieve volume: 600 

Total Deposit Volume: 629 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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