Unit 12501

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: midden,midden 

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

Dimensions: 2.0x3.2x0.10 

Discussion: Layer ıs made up of several lenses of midden dumpiıng domestıc waste material. Some charcoal lenses are evident in laye. 

Recognition: Layer recognised in baulk (eroded section). It is also of a slightly lighter grey colour to surrounding material and lacks the charcoal flecks and quantity of animal bone that underlying/surrounding layer has. 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Trowel and mattock 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Light reddish grey 

Texture: Sandy silt 

Bedding: Compound layered. Has thin (0-10mm) charcoal lenses. 

Inclusions: Animal bone, pottery, obsidian, stone, charcoal. 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: Clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12529 below: (Click to view the record) 12500 

Dry sieve volume: 120 

Total Deposit Volume: 155 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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