Unit 1573

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: pit fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: posthole; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 0.97m x 0.66m 

Discussion: Shallow lens of charcoal soil cut into make-up in 107. We thought this soil would be deep, (on the basis of the profile) but it turned out to be shallow (6cm thick). Then fill becomes more compact- much less charcoal. (0.5%) and no red clay flecks. Now inclusion of 5% calcium carbonate frags. (2mm). Fill however, breaks away easily from surrounding make-up matrix. Actually there are at least 2% big chunks of charcoal (1cm size). I noticed that at the base of the cut, the fill on the South side was much sandier and more compact. (Munsell 10YR 6/8). Obsidian chips are included in this matrix. At the interface of this matrix and the cut edge, there is a white connection layer -3mm thick- maybe plaster? 

Execution: pick and trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: weak 

Colour: 2.5Y 6/3 to 10YR 5/8 

Texture: sandy silt loam 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: 2% charcoal; 2% burnt rubble ( 2mm frags.) 

Post-depositional Features: secondary carbonates 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1574, 1077 below: (Click to view the record) 1532, 1512, 1065 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1076 

Dry sieve volume: 80 

Total Deposit Volume: 97 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

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