Unit 12502

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: midden 

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

Dimensions: 4.95x3.2x0.2m 

Discussion: Layer is described as a midden layer of domestic waste dumps. Lenses of charcoal and ash etc., suggest a number of events probably associated with oven and/or hearth cleaning. This layer covers a burnt brick layer. 

Recognition: Uniform colour of mid grey with reddish brown. Visable in truncated north section. 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Trowel and mattock 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Mid grey with reddish brown 

Texture: sandy silt 

Bedding: Compound layered. Contained patches of thin 0.0 to 0.01m charcoal and ashy areas or lenses 

Inclusions: Animal bone, pottery, charcoal, obsidian, slag, clay ball, clay figurine and bone figurine 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12508 below: (Click to view the record) 12518, 14321, 14808 

Dry sieve volume: 1215 

Total Deposit Volume: 1246 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

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:

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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