Unit 22660

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: pocket within makeup,scoop fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: scoop; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: This unit was excavated as a separate layer from u. 226463 on the basis of Nicolo Dell'Unto's DEM model which identified areas of significant elevation change. It suggested that there might be a cut here based on the presence of a depression. We verified in the trench that there was enough visible difference in the appearance of this layer that we could justify digging it as a separate cut. It was looser and contained more rubble than the surrounding matrix, but the fill contained nothing (much less a burial) and the cut would have served no discernible purpose. This leaves the DEM based method of identifying cuts unproven by this experiment, but not necessarily disproven either. 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: orange 

Texture: sandy silt loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: high in rubble content 

Post-depositional Features: burning 

Basal Boundary: diffuse-- increased level of compaction and fewer rubble peds, but whether this was actually a cut or was simply a recognizable pocket within u. 22643 (makeup layer) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22666 below: (Click to view the record) 22635 

Total Deposit Volume: 8 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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