Unit 19652

Category: Layer    dug in 2011

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Timber partition 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: post

 

Dimensions: .26m NS X .13m EW 

 

Discussion: Unit is a loose, long and thin deposit (about 10 cm thick by 1.6 m long) of very black charcoal/organic material and loose yellowish orange burned surface construction located near the 918 E line between dirty floor layers (19646) to the W and (19646) to the east. The layers of the rectangular shape thins, proximity to occupation layers and a plaster storage bin complex to the S. This deposit is dividing this western space of the building. This timber was heavily burned due to the large amount of charcoal. And degraded timber is interpreted as burned mudbrick construction possibly deposited on top of the timber in order to protect it/add stability to the construction.

On 15/08/11 unit identified as a post carved to a rectangular shape and as one of many clay packed posts in timber partition wall feature 3527. It is the southmost boxed timber post and the first one north of the round end post unit 18687. It was identified when the charcoal was clearly seen as oriented upward rather than horizontally as previously assumed. It is packed in an orange, scorched clay (19683) presumably to protect it.

Note: Archive and Flotation samples taken from mudbrick comstruction on top of the timber partition. 

 

Recognition: clear, charcoal seen to be going vertically-cleaned up tim ber partition wall feature 3527 and identified box post 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: loose/soft 

Colour: very dark brown 

Texture: charcoal/burned timber and burned mud-brick construction 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bone, charcoal, silty clay 

Post-depositional Features: fire 

Basal Boundary: clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 19683 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 45 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 11 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 97

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 365, 469

Features:: (Click to view the record) 3527 (internal partition)

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 2011 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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