Unit 18562

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 1.5m x 1.5m x 0.25m (thick) 

Discussion: Crushed clay layer. Highly burnt and baked at very high temperature. This material contained many wood impressions from large pieces of wood.

Appears to be remains of clay packed around roof beams of a building. 

Recognition: crushed appearance 

Definition: clear 

Execution: leaf trowel 

Condition: dusty 

Consistency: very firm baked clay 

Colour: mid brown - pale green 

Texture: baked and reduced clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occational obsidian, animal bone and shell 

Post-depositional Features: crushed in collapse 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18545 below: (Click to view the record) 18529 

Dry sieve volume: 480 

Total Deposit Volume: 508 

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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