Unit 21642

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: infill of a midden pit 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: The infill (21642) of a pit [F.7850] was accumulated in a cut (21643). In 2015 it was possible to record only western part of the feature. Its eastern segment had been already excavated in 2012. At that time the infill was not evidenced due to the long lasted weathering processes and erosion that effected the top of the mound, where the feature was placed. For that reason the sediments within the cut were taken with surrounded deposits that were assigned as several arbitrary midden layers (20449, 20455, 20460).
However, the section that preserved along the limit of excavation eventually gave opportunity to evidence the profile of the feature (F.7850) on the post-exc. stage of research.
The infill (21642) was located within top-central part of midden deposits placed below floor surface of B.108. The archaeological material recorded in the sediment allows to interpret the nature of the infill in term of re-deposited backfill that was dug out earlier within extensive waste dumping area. 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: mid-grey in upper part, dark-grey in lower part, light orange 

Texture: silty sand, sandy silt, occasional silty clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: 8% of broken bricks, 3% charcoals, 0,5% plaster 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing 

Basal Boundary: distinct, clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21643 below: (Click to view the record) 12394 

Dry sieve volume: 135 

Total Deposit Volume: 165 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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