Unit 19170

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Scrappy floor/packing 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Layer removed in SE area of building 80. Originally thought to be remnant of a scrappy floor covering this area, but may be several different elements which initially looked like a single layer. Consists of packing material, which has been worn in places & probably used as floor surfaces, as well as what are likely more formaIised surfaces (particularly to the north of the deposit), which were made from similar dirty clay material. 

Consistency: Mod. Compact 

Colour: Mid grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: moderate plaster & mudbrick frags, occasional charcoal & ash 

Post-depositional Features: Some burrowing, left open between 2015 & 2016 

Basal Boundary: Diffuse 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22424, 19179, 19178 below: (Click to view the record) 22425 

Total Deposit Volume: 20 

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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