Unit 20181
Category: Layer dug in 2012
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: Burnt soil layer
Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: homogeneous
Dimensions: 1.10 x 0.20 x 0.10 m
Discussion: This is a layer of extremely burnt soil next to wall f. 3933. It was discovered underneath the more compact silty clay loam unit 20156, which continues to extend over the rest of the trench. 20181 appears to be a very contained, small deposit of burnt, dark soil bounded to the west by wall f.3933 and trailing off to the south.
Recognition: clear change in soil texture and color underneath 20156.
Definition: defined by soil texture/color contrast
Execution: trowel/hoe
Condition: hot, shaded
Consistency: friable
Colour: mottled--mostly extremely dark brown and black
Texture: ashy silt loam
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: mud brick, bone, pottery-- many burnt artifacts, ash, charcoal
Post-depositional Features: -
Basal Boundary: soil color change
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 33
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2012 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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