Unit 12216

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: infill,make-up 

Data Category Information: Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 1.50 x 1.08 x 0.10 m 

Discussion: It is probably a fragment of either make-up layer or infill layer placed on top of a wall in SW part of trench. Above unit 1216 there was a pit (feature 1928) excavated in 2005. Northern boundary of the layer was first defined arbitrary as a layer over extension of a wall (11764). Further exploration proved this decision to be correct. Western section of the layer was truncated by eastern edge of Mellaart's trench, which makes its ultimate interpretation different.
This is a heterogenous layer. On top it is composed mainly of light grey silty sand with a rubble- like destroyed fragments of bricks. The lower part consisted of more sandy component and it seemed to be a kind of infill. On the other hand, stratigraphically the unit lies underneath walls (11764, 11714) so It might be a kind of make-up layer for these walls. The base of the unit in its western part was very sharp because it lies on op ofa well defined wall. However, slope of possible observation is limiteddue to destruction by the above located cut (11713) of feature 1928. As a result, recognition of the unit's basal boundary in its eastern section became impossible. 

Recognition: colour, consistency, 

Definition: make-up layer 

Execution: trowel, mattock 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: light grey with light orange lenses (broken bricks ?) 

Texture: silty clay, silty sand 

Bedding: 2 layers 

Inclusions: bones, pottery, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: in western part prominent, in eastern part arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:none below: (Click to view the record) 11713 

Dry sieve volume: 26 

Total Deposit Volume: 51 

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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