Unit 17280

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: Roomfill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: NS: 280 cm; EW: 260 cm; Depth: 30 cm 

Discussion: The layer is another layer of roomfill, more compact and darker than the others. It is still very heterogenous with a lot of plaster lumps, mudbricks, red painted plaster, and finds.

We noticed at the northeastern and northwestern corners a compact heap of of construction materials. They are very dense, homogenous and compact, but don't possess a real shape. It seems to be a similar material as that used for the mudbrick, with the same dark gray color, the same clayey texture, and the same inclusions of little bits of charcoal. 

Recognition: Texture and color 

Definition: Clear except in NW and NE corners 

Execution: Small pick, trowel 

Condition: Sunny! 

Consistency: Soft fill with plaster lumps and compact mudbricks 

Colour: Brown, dark red 

Texture: Sandy silt 

Bedding: Compound layered 

Inclusions: Painted plaster, obsidian, shell, pottery, bones, mudbricks 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows, roots 

Basal Boundary: Flat, arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18356 below: (Click to view the record) 17272 

Dry sieve volume: 1034 

Total Deposit Volume: 1062 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 22

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

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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