Unit 19852

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Fill of post retrieval pit,Fill post retrieval pit + Retrieval pit,Post retrieval pit,Post retrieval pit,Post retrieving pit 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: posthole; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: NS 1,04 EW 1,56 

Discussion: - The oblong and lobed shape seems to be result of two events:
1) a round pit at the base of the pillar in the middle of the West-wall (EW: 70 cm; NS: 85 cm; D: 11-12 cm). Steep and stepped sides.
2) an oval pit extending East of the round pit (EW: 78 cm; NS: 60 cm; D: between 1-5 cm). Gradual sides.

- The pit 1) is interpreted as a post retrieving pit because of the connection to the pillar. The pit 2) is interpreted as retrieval pit of either make-up material or a not detectable feature (burial?).

- This unit was overexcavated, because the fill of the pit is identical to the unit underneath. The bottom of the pit was therefore inferred on the basis of the depth of the make-up floor 19856 and 19857.

- Sequence of events may be as follows: post retrieval pit was dug ( 1), the western part of 19852), and the pit 2), the eastern part of 19852, was dug. This can be assumed on the base of the fill, which has the same characteristics. The big pit 19863 along the whole West-wall was dug in a later phase.

- In B89 there is a another pit with similar characteristics, 19840, that is a post retrieval pit with a much bigger extension than a post retrieving may need. I cannot propose any sound functional interpretation for doing such a bigger effort than post retrieving. Still, the evidence tells at least for a physical connection of this "bigger" pits with the pillars. 

Recognition: COLOR AND COMPOSITION 

Definition: CLEAR 

Condition: HOT AND DRY 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Light brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Small plaster fragments (10%). Small charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: Faint contrast. The form is unknown because of overexcavation 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19853 below: (Click to view the record) 19863 

Dry sieve volume: 75 

Total Deposit Volume: 100 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

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