Unit 19457

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Platform 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Deposition: layered (wall plaster)

 

Dimensions: 3.6m E-W, 0.50m N-S x 0,17m deep 

 

Discussion: Spotted as a clay layer going alongside the N wall (F. 3626) of building 108. After cleaning it revealed to be layered and sloping towards the north. Interpreted as the northern part of a platform, going over burial F3633 and possibly F.6065. Its eastern end was somewhat different in composition (more yellowish brick material) containing 4 mussel shells. 

 

Recognition: colour, and lamination, different than around, location next to the wall and burials 

Definition: up to a wall in N, Clear at S, diffuse at E 

Execution: trowel and brush 

Condition: dry and hot 

Consistency: firm/compact 

Colour: laminated grey, white and yellowish layers 

Texture: Silty Clay 

Bedding: Layered, about 8 layers, c. 5cm thick, sloping 30 degrees to the north. 

Inclusions: bones, obsidian and mussel shells (in E end). 

Post-depositional Features: disturbance by animals (holes) 

Basal Boundary: sharp anthropogenic boundry 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19482 below: (Click to view the record) 12394 

 

Dry sieve volume: 160 

Total Deposit Volume: 170 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): ? 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 5 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 108

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 84

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

Ceramics Data for 2012 still to be released

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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