Unit 22266

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: post hole infill 

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

Description: post hole feature 7764 inside plaster floor U.22265 

Discussion: This is infill in a post hole feature in the south east corner of space 255. When uncovering the floor level of space 255, only two features were revealed, this post hole and a platform in the south west corner of the room. There is eveidence of phytoliths and in particular charcoal that suggest remains of a wooden post that suffered burning damage. The platform and the post together could suggest that space 255 was the entrance to building 52 as the post would have possibly supported the roof.

Added 02/08/2015, by Christoffer Hagberg:
A brief discussion with Lara Gonzales-Carretero and Christina Tsoraki ended up with the possibility of this as a feature for dehusking activities, which is something often related to dirty floors. Since this feature cuts a dirty floor (U22260), it is a not too far fetched idea. The dirty floor needs to be examined first to know for sure. 

Consistency: loose, brittle 

Colour: brown, black, grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: stone fragments, bone fragments, shell fragments 

Post-depositional Features: burning damage, cracks 

Basal Boundary: gradual 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22245 below: (Click to view the record) 22265 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 19 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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