Unit 20267

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: mud-brick collapse 

Data Category Information: In Situ: non in-situ; Location: external; Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 3.53 m x. 4.00 m 

Discussion: u. 20267 is a layer of red mud-brick material, likely mostly from the collapse and destruction of f. 3952. It has been cut into by several pits (f. 3979, 3980, & 3950), and was left unexcavated at the end of the 2012 season.

2013: This unit was found to span the entire trench E-W. It was bounded to the South by u.20221, an extremely heterogeneous mixture of Neolithic mud-brick material and later fill, as well as by wall f.3952. After the collapse of the walls that created this unit, it was cut into by many pits (5) as well as a burial that seemed to contain individuals buried in a Neolithic fashion (f.3931) which suggests this collapse occurred in the Neolithic period. Removing this layer of collapse revealed several walls, and showed that many apparently Neolithic walls actually predate sp. 493. The collapse is probably from all three of the walls revealed. 

Recognition: clear by color and texture after removing 20269 

Definition: clear by color and texture 

Consistency: compact-- but crumbly in 2013 due to drying in off-season and pre-excavation 2013 

Colour: red-orange 

Texture: redeposited construction material (mud brick) 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: cutting of MANY pits (F.3950, 3985, 7162, 3979, 3980) and burial 3931 

Basal Boundary: clear-- came down on three walls in plan (7F.176, 7171, 3952) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30754, 30765, 30766 below: (Click to view the record) 30220, 30230, 20258, 20269, 30234, 30727, 30235, 20704 

Total Deposit Volume: 3200 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): 0 

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  

Lab Team Data

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