Unit 14460

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Platform construction 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: NS: 1.3m EW: 1.84 m 

Discussion: Loose ashy layer in sw corner of b49, space 335. Note: Horn core between x15 and x16 measured 55 mm x 160 mm. Unit 14460 was originally excavated as unit 7957 in 2004. This material is clearly different to the vast majority of other deposits recorded in this building. It's loose ashy matrix is closer in apperance to midden deposits than internal surfaces or construction material. The large number of artefacts found in this deposit is in clear contrast to the sterile nature of the most other deposits. Is this deposit midden material that has been imported into Building 49? Is it the result of a house clearance episode with material dumped in corner of the Space? Is this deposit and associated artefacts originating from an underlying building, which as been deposited as a 'foundation deposit' in the platform core? 

Recognition: Loose ashy appearance 

Definition: clear 

Execution: leaf 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: mid gray to black 

Texture: ashy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: flint, animal bone, obsidian, shell, egg shell, stone, worked bone, worked stone 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp/undulating 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14471 below: (Click to view the record) 14462 equal to: (Click to view the record) 7957, 7958, 14420 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 80 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 29

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:

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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