Unit 22704

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: fill between walls,fill on top of Neolithic walls 

Data Category Information: Location: between walls; Deposition: heterogeneous

Description: found burnt building wall material with wood inclusion; painted plaster walls in stripe-design 

Discussion: Following the excavation of pit u21085 to find the extent of the cut, it was not possible to find the base of the pit due to several layers of clay and darker deposits. It was concluded after the excavation that the base of the pit had been missed, but during the excavation, small patches of painted plaster were discovered in the northeast corner under which was found a very burnt ball of brick/clay with imprint of wood (wattle and daub) construction. This then elevated the importance of the unit as it was clear that we were now excavating a room.
Human remains from at least two individuals was later found in this infill and it is most llikely that these derive from the grave F7276 which is spacially very close to this unit. 

Consistency: mixture of soft/friable to firm 

Colour: mixture of red, dark brown, and light brown 

Texture: mixture of sand, silt, and clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: animal burrows, plaster, clay, charcoal, and rock 

Post-depositional Features: disturbance by animals, truncation 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary stop; truncated 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22745 below: (Click to view the record) 21085 

Dry sieve volume: 365 

Total Deposit Volume: 395 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): 0 

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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