Unit 14285

Category: Layer    dug in 2007

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: surface 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: 14285 was yellowish and generally a compact layer beneath 14278. It was easily identifiable. In the middle most animal burrow, indicated on the sketch by an asterisk, the compact layer 14285 was visible in section as a whitish dusty layer roughly 2cm thick.

It was not clear whether the layer went as far as the mudbrick wall 14286. 

Recognition: colour and texture; yellowish brown 

Definition: various; well defined in areas 

Execution: trowel and brush 

Condition: warm and still 

Consistency: compacted and clay like 

Colour: yellowish brown, some mottling 

Texture: silty and sandy 

Bedding: some mixing 

Inclusions: plaster, pottery, faunal remains 

Post-depositional Features: burrows, roots 

Basal Boundary: unclear due to cutting of pit on SW limits of excavation, in the east there is an arbitrary end point. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14287 below: (Click to view the record) 14278 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

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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