Unit 21038

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: Midden deposit 

Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

Discussion: This is a midden located in NW part of the Trench 4, and first visible in the section of a Hellenistic pit F7366. It will be excavated in 2015, and it was only recorded now as three micromorphological samples were taken.

2015:
Unit 21038 was partially excavated during season 2015. This midden layer was primarily sealed by large layer of another midden (U.31854). Both deposits were treated separately as two different units with an arbitrary appointed boundary between them. We decided so after revealing top surface of Neolithic wall structure F.8288 primarily covered by the upper midden (U.31854). Therefore, this second midden deposit seems to be directly associated with the wall structure and consequently appears to be slightly earlier than previous one.
Similarly to adjacent and previously excavated middens (see U.31848, 31832, 31850), deposit was very easily distinguishable because of its dark color, ashy soil consistence as well as plenty of typical midden finds – mainly animal bone fragments, pottery pieces and fine obsidian flakes. The layer was very compound and clearly laminated (brown ashy and blackish layers). Many ashy grey and black lenses were found within this layer. Surprisingly, this arbitrary appointed midden layer not contained any artefacts with an exception for mentioned before organical mass stone and bone material. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Dark grey 

Texture: Ash / silt 

Bedding: Compound 

Inclusions: Fine charcoal bits, clay aggregates, burned clay 

Post-depositional Features: erosion 

Basal Boundary: Arbitrary - excavating process stopped arbitrary at the very end of season 2015. Unit excavated down in order to partially uncover N edge of neolithic wall structure F.8288. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:NFEbelow: (Click to view the record) 31854 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 810 

Total Deposit Volume: 848 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 11

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

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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