Unit 21588

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: packing beneath the north wall 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Compacted packing under N wall F.3681. The deposit consists of a heterogeneous mix of mortar, mudbrick, alluvial clay and plant material used as temper. Although the deposit had a mudbrick texture and consistency towards the E, this sediment was removed as part of this unit, as it represents a foundation deposit.

Within this stratum an articulated human hand was found (X1), consisting of one metacarpal bone and several phalangues. Giving the context and the nature of this find we hope that it can be used for C14 dating of the building. 

Consistency: firm, very compacted 

Colour: Greyish brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: plaster, mudbrick, mortar, microcharcoal 

Post-depositional Features: Gypsum reprecipitation 

Basal Boundary: Flat, smooth, constructional, sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:NFEbelow: (Click to view the record) 21560, 21561 equal to: (Click to view the record) 30001 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 36 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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