Unit 21654

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: room-fill 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Unit number: 21654 was assigned in order to record southern part of the room-fill within Sp.531, B132. The northern limit of the fill had been set arbitrary along a line oriented E-W that was positioned 2.5m toward North from the southern wall [F.3679]. The latter research strategy allowed to obtain a section across the Building and evidence the nature of accumulation processes that took place after the abandonment. Due to the deposit, considered as the fill (u21654), was dumped into the forsaken building structure, its other 3 boundaries (Western, Eastern and Southern) had solid restrictions defined by mud-brick constructions (respectively: F.7346, F.7149, F.3679).
The room-fill consisted of dense sediments whose major part comprised of small fragments of bricks embraced in sandy-silt material (mortar ?). Occasionally, there were also fallen wall-plaster fragments recorded within the unit. It was possible to distinguish small difference in texture between deposits evidenced in upper strata and the lower ones. The latter were tempered by more sandy inclusions and sediments. Basal boundary of the deposit inclined toward East and it appeared that it was loaded on top of the surface comprised mostly of orange broken bricks and fallen plaster fragments of uneven alignment. 

Consistency: friable, firm - when dried 

Colour: multicoloured: mid-brown, mid-orange, dark-grey, occassionaly white 

Texture: sandy silt, silt, occasional - silty clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: fragments of bricks (30%), mortar (8%), plaster (2%) 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing 

Basal Boundary: distinict, clear (plaster of floor or activity surface) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21670 below: (Click to view the record) 30137 equal to: (Click to view the record) 21622 

Dry sieve volume: 100 

Total Deposit Volume: 5411 

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): XI, XII 

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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