Unit 16693

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: platform core 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: re-used superstructure; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 1.16m N-S, 1.24m E-W, Thickness .15m 

Discussion: Fill in core of platform 1651, behind superstructure 16692. Two different layers of fill, lower is clay silt sealed by more brick rich layer, single filling event 

Recognition: defined by 16692 and external walls 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: firm/friable 

Colour: mid brown 

Texture: clay silt (crushed mudbrick) 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional shell, stone 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16692 below: (Click to view the record) 16666 

Dry sieve volume: 105 

Total Deposit Volume: 129 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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