Unit 19842

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Pit infill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit

Dimensions: NS 0,60 EW 1 

Discussion: THE INFILL IS RECOGNIZABLE BY SILTY CLAY, SEVERAL FRAGMENTS OF CHARCOAL SCATTERED ON A FLAT SURFACE, FRAGMENTS OF PLASTER OF A SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE. THE INFILL IS LAYERED, UNORIENTED AND MASSIVE. THE LOWER PART IS LIGHT BROWN, MOST DARK THAN THE HIGHEST PART, FULL OF TINY FRAGMENTS OF CHARCOAL AND PLASTER. INSIDE THE FILL, CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTH WEST SIDE THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF BONES BELONGING TO A YOUNG CHILD (NOT CONNECTED AMONG THEM).
THE FILL IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUILDING BUT ITS INTERPRETATION IS NOT YET CLEAR. THE UNIT WAS EXCAVATED BY TROWEL AND LEAF TROWEL. 

Recognition: COLOR AND COMPOSITION 

Definition: CLEAR 

Condition: HOT AND DRY 

Consistency: FRIABLE 

Colour: LIGHT GREY 

Texture: SILTY CLAY LOAM 

Bedding: LAYERED; UNORIENTED;FLAT;CONTINUOS;LIGHT GRAY/ LIGHT BROWN 

Inclusions: 10 % CHARCOAL; 25 % PLASTER; 2 % PIGMENT FRAGMENTS; 2 % NATURAL STONES 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: GRADUAL 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19841 below: (Click to view the record) 19830 

Dry sieve volume: 75 

Total Deposit Volume: 101 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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