Unit 16979

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: Roomfill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: NS: 40 cm; EW: 40 cm; Depth: 30 cm 

Discussion: This area was created as an artifical unit within u. 16973. The reason for this method of sounding was to establish the interface or transition between this layer of roomfill and the level below. This allowed for a small area to be excavated rather than the entire space, although the samples were sacrificed due to their potentially mixed nature. This option and its reprocutions was discussed with JMR and EUR. The small window within the layer allowed the recoginition of the lower, more ashy but also compact layer (u. 16980). From the edges of the sounding work continued in u. 16973 following the interface between the two. From this stratigraphic point of view, the decision to open this artificial unit was successful. 

Recognition: No recognition, therefore artifical 

Definition: Artificial square, clear 

Execution: Trowel, shovel 

Condition: Under shelter, warm 

Consistency: Unhomogenous, firm, some clay, ash at depth 

Colour: Brown, black, gray, red 

Texture: Sandy silt, some clay spots 

Bedding: Heterogenous 

Inclusions: Pottery, animal bones, obsidian, marl, charcoal, stone, clay 

Post-depositional Features: roots 

Basal Boundary: flat, artificial 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16980 below: (Click to view the record) 16972 equal to: (Click to view the record) 16979 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 14

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

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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