Unit 19564

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Midden Arbitrary Layer 

Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: finely bedded

Dimensions: 2.2m N-S By 2.6m E-W by 0.34m thick 

Discussion: The unit was an arbitrary layer in the midden. It was established to remove the remaining part of the mixed clay layer in space 489. It contained an abundance of organic inclusions, areas with charcoal, and artefacts, especially clay ball fragments and lumps of burned and unburned clay. The pieces of burned clay and the clay balls were mainly found in the northern lower part of the unit, in a c. 1m wide area along wall F.3679. In the southwestern part of the unit an unusual concentration of eggshells was encountered, which was sampled (S.3) for further investigation. The layer with eggshells was about 20x5cm and 1cm thick, and it also contained several small clay balls. In the same area several large pieces of laminated clay was found. Two of them (partly in the section wall) were positioned so that the lamination was almost vertical. The eastern part of the unit, c. 0.5m along the eastern wall F.3627 differed from rest of the unit somewhat because it was more homogenous and blackish, similar to that of a midden, but contained very little artefacts compared to the rest of the unit. 

Recognition: Different color than area around 

Definition: Up to the walls in the North, upto clay layer in the S, up to section in the W, up to the cut in the E 

Execution: Mattock, Hoe and trowel 

Condition: Dry and Hot, no wind 

Consistency: Soft in upper southern part of layer, firm in lower, northern clay-rich region 

Colour: Black, grey, yellow, brown 

Texture: Ash, charcoal, silty-clay, clay 

Bedding: Mainly layered in upper southern part, mixed clay lumps of varying colors 

Inclusions: Abundancy of charcoal, artefacts, large sized burnt clay pieces, and organic inclusions 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows, roots 

Basal Boundary: Arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19581 below: (Click to view the record) 20487 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 1800 

Total Deposit Volume: 1822 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 30

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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