Unit 21097

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: Fill material from collapse of Sp. 493 

Data Category Information: Deposition: heterogeneous

Description: Thin white layer of material, phosphate sample taken, also, sample for human remains lab. 

Discussion: The brown friable layer was excavated and revealed a thin area of white material covering approximately 50% of the excavation area. Samples were taken, one for the human remains laboratory and another for phosphate analysis. Evidence of localised burning at the eastern end of the area was evident by changes in colour of the soil and charcoal incusions. Further excavation revealed a section of wall at the western end of the excavation area with thin white deposits associated with the mud bricks used to construct the wall. This white deposit was identified as salts leaching from the clay. Excavation ceased and the unit was closed when a layer of denser material was reached.
Depth recreated after excavation. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: light brown 

Texture: sand 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: Animal activity. 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21096 below: (Click to view the record) 22741 

Dry sieve volume: 135 

Total Deposit Volume: 166 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): II, III 

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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