Unit 15161
Category: Layer dug in 2010
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: late disturbance
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 2,5m EW - 2m NS - 0,02 to 0,2m deep
Discussion: Disturbance cutting F. 3302 and 2427. Visible as reddish, hard fill next to and under grey mudbrick of those features. Southern extention of the unit unclear, because not excavated. Relation to F.5068 and 5076 not visible at present level. Excavation of unit not continued after scraping walls and taking off up to 10cm because other units had priority. For details see plan 10/512, which was drawn after scraping.
The reddish fill seems to undercut mudbrick of F.3302, what is very strange. Otherwise it seems like a post-Chalcolithic disturbance because of the stones, tiles, red mudbrick and stray human bones it contains. The human bones were not found articulated, clustered or in any kind of meaningful relation to each other. The artefacts date the disturbance to Byzantine or post-Byzantine time, but the relation to F.3302 is confusing.The cut seems to be rather straight and 15161 runs partially unter 3302, what seems unusual.
The disturbance probably extended into the upper layers of fill in Space 345 as well. F.5068 and 5076 are not visibly separated from 15161 by colour or texture.
Consistency: very compact
Colour: reddish
Texture: clayey silt
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: few pot sherds, animal bones, obsidian, stone, tile, human bones
Post-depositional Features: a lot of rodent holes
Basal Boundary: not excavated
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 580
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 5
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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| Buildings: none |
| Spaces: none |
| Features:: none |
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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2010 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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