Unit 16940

Category: Layer    dug in 2011

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: Rodent Bioturbation 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 20m N-S, 6m E-W, 25cm deep 

Discussion: Most likely interpretation is that Unit 16940 is a rodent burrow, based on the shape, color and consistency of soil. Once unit was determined to bioturbation, the excavation ceased without following the diving holes. 

Recognition: very dark greyish brown soil 

Definition: dark colored soil surrounded by different soils 

Execution: trowel, brush 

Condition: warm, shaded, dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: very dark greyish brown 

Texture: silty 

Bedding: homogenous 

Inclusions: pottery, animal bone 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: rounded, dipping, end of dark dry soil, abandoned without following burrow all the way down 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16940 below: (Click to view the record) 15360 equal to: (Click to view the record) 16966 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 45 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

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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