Unit 16936
Category: Layer dug in 2011
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: arbitrary layer
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: NS: 1.73 m; EW: 2.39m; Depth: 10 cm
Discussion: U. 16936 is located in sp. 449 and is an arbitrary layer under unit 15370 and 15380. It is characterized by 3 different soil types: in the eastern part in front of f. 3324, the soil is soft, smooth, with large inclusions of clay, few pottery daub, larger spots of dark soil and some white spots. The center of the unit is characterized by quite a mixed roomfill with lots of wall plaster, sticking vertically in darker crumbly soil with brownish and black patches. Towards f. 3324 are some ashy spots. Small clay lenses also belong to this part of the unit. The 3rd soil type is located in front of f. 5057, and is clay lenses, and no wall plaster (!). Several clay balls are showing up there, as well as a lot of groundstone. The soil in front of f.3326 gets more mixed up again. Remarkable are some firm brown spots, usually accompanied by smaller clay lenses. The unit was arbitrarily seperated from fill number 15370, as this unit was the fill around the building material 15380, so when this unit ended, both units were closed and fill unit 16936 was opened for the entire space 449. But it seems that there are still some patches of building material deposit that actually belong to the lens 15380, they are just located more to the west and the fragments of wallplaster seem to to be rarer. In the eastern part of the unit/space 449, u. 16936 is already quite close to surface 16947.
Recognition: Arbitrary layer under u. 15370 and u. u. 15380 in sp.449
Definition: Clear roomfill in entire sp. 449 in order to find the surface
Execution: Trowel, small trowel, wooden tool, brush
Condition: Hot
Consistency: Soft in front of f. 3324, crumbly in center, firm in front of f. 5057
Colour: Yellowish-gray with yellow lenses of clay, brownish lenses
Texture: Silty clay, clay
Bedding: Heterogenous fill with clay lenses, brownish lenses, ashy spots
Inclusions: A lot of wall plaster, some pottery, obsidian, bone, groundstone, clay, ash
Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows, roots
Basal Boundary: Undulating, arbitrarily seperated from u. 16942 (fill above surface 16947)
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 108
Total Deposit Volume: 108
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 15
Number of Related Diary Entries: 6
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2011 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 36 Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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