Unit 1869

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: backfill 

 

Data Category Information: Description: 60's

 

Dimensions: 3.50m E-W 2.40m N-S 0.10m-0.60m deep 

 

Discussion: Backfill over surface where Mellaart stopped excavation. Backfill probably derived from erosion and weathering instead of deliberate backfill.
21.08.1997 profile (north profile) cutting. 

 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry and hot 

Consistency: loose blocky 

Colour: pale brown munsell N/A 

Texture: fine sand silt and clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: >20% mudbrick, plant remains size .10mm. >2% bone, stone, pot, obsidian, shell, clay ball, burnt clay. 

Post-depositional Features: bioturbation by roots and animal 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) (1890) 2387 (1890) 2387, 2388 (1890) 2387 below: (Click to view the record) 1083 

 

Dry sieve volume: 2100 

Total Deposit Volume: 2100 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 109

Features:: none

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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