Unit 16262

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Midden,Trodden Surface 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

Discussion: This unit is represented by a layer of silty ash (midden) with frequent charcoal lumps capped with a thick yellowish brown layer of demolition/ construction trample/ trodden surface.

Roughly equivalent to Ruth's spit 15728 

Recognition: colour & texture 

Definition: sharp 

Execution: mattock and trowel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: firm to compact 

Colour: light yellowish brown (trample) on mid grey brown midden 

Texture: silty ash 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: abundent animal bone (large fragments) occasional stone, occasional to moderate obsidian, occasional pottery, occasional plaster and charcoal fragments 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16277 below: (Click to view the record) 16260 equal to: (Click to view the record) 15728 

Dry sieve volume: 700 

Total Deposit Volume: 726 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 48

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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