Unit 15887

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: midden,rubble 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

Dimensions: 1.90 x 0.90 x 0.49 

Discussion: It is a midden with a quite high number of bricks. It was placed underneath the wall 12229 in N-W part of the trench. The unit 15887 seemed to be a part of a bigger midden which was excavated by Mellaart in 1960 s. Its S boundary was defined arbitrarly due to the existence of broken bricks (rubble?) in upper part of the unit. However, during the exploration it became clear that the unit 15887 was identical with unit 15895 as regards its depositional history. Its E boundary was also arbitrarly defined by a W face of younger walls (12229,12230). Stratigraphicly the midden which was up to 50 cm was placed deep on a white well preserved floor sloping towards S. The midden was rich in archaeological material. One of the most intriguing discovering was a huge amounts of big fragments of cattle bones. Additionaly, the midden comprised greyish silty clay fragments of mortar, oranguish lenses of broken bricks, grey silty sand and ash with a small fr of plaster. 

Recognition: consistency, colour 

Definition: midden with a high contents of broken bricks 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot, windy 

Consistency: soft/ friable 

Colour: multicolour 

Texture: silty clay, silty sand 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: pottery, bones, shells, obsidian, cristal 

Post-depositional Features: rodent 

Basal Boundary: very sharp (floor), sloped 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17618 below: (Click to view the record) 12229 equal to: (Click to view the record) 15895, 17617, 17603 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 837 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

<< BackDownload this Units Data