Unit 19490

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Infill Layer 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 3.8m NS x 1.3m EW x 0.99m thick 

Discussion: The unit was first thought to be an infill layer in the midden in the NE corner of space 84. But after excavating, the border between the infill and midden was very steep in some places, so it seems that the layer was deposited in a cut (U 20439). The cut and filling, that covered the easternmost area of the building, was possibly made in the midden prior to building platforms in building 108, as a makeup or preparation layer for future burials. The layer was grey in the upper and brownish in the lower part (probably due to differences in moisture). It had inclusions of charcoal and some medium sized red and brown burned pieces of bricks and medium sized hearth/oven fragments in it. 

Recognition: different colour and consistancy than around 

Definition: western border clear, other up to walls 

Execution: trowel and mattock 

Condition: dry and hot 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Grey and brownish 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Bone, obsidian, clay balls, brick, charcoal and white cristalisations at the bottom 

Post-depositional Features: Animal disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic, sharp, wavy, inclined 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20439 below: (Click to view the record) 19482 

Dry sieve volume: 80 

Total Deposit Volume: 2234 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): ? 

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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