Unit 15220

Category: Layer    dug in 2007

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: midden 

Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

Dimensions: 0.60 x 0.60 x 0.15 m 

Discussion: This is amidden layer recorded as unit 15220, located underneath the west part of unit 15217. It is placed between two parallel walls of W-E alignment recorded as units 13059 (North) and 13093 (South). It was part of a large midden layer recorded as units 13570, 15217 and 15222. 

Recognition: colour, consistency, stratigraphic position 

Definition: midden underneath west part of 15217 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot, windy 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid brown, greyish, black 

Texture: silty sand to silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bones, pottery, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: distinct, smooth, flat 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 15231 below: (Click to view the record) 15217 equal to: (Click to view the record) 15217, 13570, 15222 

Dry sieve volume: 35 

Total Deposit Volume: 601 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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