Unit 16453

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: room fill 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Soft loose brick crush with larger structural fragments present (half bricks). The deposit became thicker in the south, sloping north to south.

X-find found in crate - given mid x/y. 

Recognition: room fill 

Definition: defined by room, contained by walls 

Execution: mattock and trowel excavated 

Condition: hot and dry 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: light yellowish to reddish brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: moderate animal bone - some large fragments; occasional obsidian; occasional horn core fragments 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear - uneven 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16459 below: (Click to view the record) 16452, 16457 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 810 

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

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