Unit 22355

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: primary infill of building,room infill 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Description: room fill of sp. 510 

Discussion: This unit was recognized by texture and colour. The origin of the unit was a infill of room in sp.510 within B.118. The unit is located in south part of B.118 which is abutted to south wall of B.118. This layer also may represent primary infill of building which was directly filled on top of features, platforms and oven. The distribution of deposit east to west. The units composition has changed from previous unit which is on above of the this unit. This unit consist of mixed building material which are dump mudbrick, plaster,mortar and moulded clay with clean infill. This unit is orangish than that previous unit. The moulded clay, mudbrick and plaster fragments appear to evenly spread throughout the deposit. There is change in the deposit composition across east to west. Building dump material has decreased east to west. The western part of deposit consist of fine clean infill. The deposit was deliberatly created in 1 single episode. Animal bones and clay ball fragments appear to more concentrated to along aof the southeast corner of building.

The unit excavated by trowel. 

Consistency: firm to compact 

Colour: mid orangish brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: organic remains, charcoal pieces and lime stone fragments 

Post-depositional Features: cracks, animal burrows and truncated by mellaart 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 22354 

Dry sieve volume: 120 

Total Deposit Volume: 639 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9

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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