Unit 18723

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Make up 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform)

Dimensions: 1.36m x 1.20m x 0.06m max. 

Discussion: Layer of construction make up on platform F.3411 bounded by kerbs to the north and west. The material is clay rich resembling burnt brick crush, wwas loose and friable and caped by a sequence of flooring (18711)

The make-up is above a clay structural type material which is against the southern wall, once again there looks like an early phase of cut back to the platform, which could account for small amounts of oven like super structural material being present. 

Recognition: Texture, colour, form 

Definition: Defined by platform mud brick kerbs 

Execution: trowel excavated 

Condition: Hot 

Consistency: Loose, friable 

Colour: Dark greyish brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Occasional charcoal flecks. Occasional animal bone and shell 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: Onto ash deposit, sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18726, 18728, 18731 below: (Click to view the record) 18711 

Dry sieve volume: 68 

Total Deposit Volume: 94 

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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