Unit 20129

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: infill,midden 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: E-W 3,95 x N-S 1,22 m x 0,29 m 

Discussion: This midden layer was defined by its high content of organic material within the walls of Space 485, Building 110. the sediment was mid to dark brown and quite loose and friable compared to the layer underneath, which was more compact and filled with clay and yellow-orange building material. The sediment was densely filled with animal bone fragments, some pottery sherds.
The eastern section began to a higher elevation, sloping down gradually to the west. The eastern section was 0,27 cm thick and the west was 0,21 thick. The east section's bottom was fairly even, with the base of the middle of the unit quite lumpy and the base of the west section very flat. 

Recognition: stratigraphic position in relation to the walls, looseness of the deposit and density of organic material 

Definition: distinct in relation to other deposits between walls 

Execution: trowel, brush 

Condition: dry, windy 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid to dark brown 

Texture: organic, silty sand 

Bedding: homogeneous 

Inclusions: fragments of bone, pottery, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrow 

Basal Boundary: uneven, distinguished by more compact layer and colour changes underneath 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 20124 

Dry sieve volume: 360 

Total Deposit Volume: 385 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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