Unit 23144

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Fill 

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

Description: Room infill B-139 

Discussion: Unit exposed in the western part of the building after remove the packing/leveling layers placed for the construction of B-131 (U23110=23090=23084 and 23131). This layer had been only properly excavated in the southern part of the building (2.8 m x 1.6) m). In the northern part, the rest of the remains had been removed with the arbitrary layer U23155.
We also want to notice that even we assigned a different unit number for the room infill (U23146) in the side room (Sp. 624) both units should be considered same as.
As we said above, this layer had been only documented in the western part of the building, was abutting the partition wall of B-139 and was truncated by the pit U23147.

So, this unit correspond to the room infill of B-139 and was very compact, light brown and with charcoal, small pieces of building material and natural stones in the composition. We remove the entire deposit as a single unit until we defined the primary room infill (U23153). Anyway when the section exposed was properly cleaned we realize that the room infill was placed at least in two different episodes. The upper part of the deposit is darker and with more inclusions like charcoal or building material and is around 0.50 m deep. The lower part of the deposit was lighter, more compact and cleaner in relation of the inclusions but with more or less the same thickness. At the first moment the lower part of this deposit was interpreted as a primary room infill, but after clean properly de section and exposed the right primary room infill, we confirm that the building was filled with two different layers. As we said above, both deposits were excavated within the same unit, and both seems to be fast deposits regarding to their homogeneity.



So, this unit correspond to the room infill of B-139 and was very compact, light brown and with charcoal, small pieces of building material and natural stones in the composition. We remove the entire deposit as a single unit until we defined the primary room infill (U23153). Anyway when the section exposed was properly cleaned we realize that the room infill was placed at least in two different episodes. The upper part of the deposit is darker and with more inclusions like charcoal or building material and is around 0.50 m deep. The lower part of the deposit was lighter, more compact and cleaner in relation of the inclusions but with more or less the same thickness. At the first moment the lower part of this deposit was interpreted as a primary room infill, but after clean properly de section and exposed the right primary room infill, we confirm that the building was filled with two different layers. As we said above, both deposits were excavated within the same unit, and both seems to be fast deposits regarding to their homogeneity.


So, this unit correspond to the room infill of B-139 and was very compact, light brown and with charcoal, small pieces of building material and natural stones in the composition. We remove the entire deposit as a single unit until we defined the primary room infill (U23153). Anyway when the section exposed was properly cleaned we realize that the room infill was placed at least in two different episodes. The upper part of the deposit is darker and with more inclusions like charcoal or building material and is around 0.50 m deep. The lower part of the deposit was lighter, more compact and cleaner in relation of the inclusions but with more or less the same thickness. So seems obvious that the filling process of the building was done with two different layers in two different moments, of course the time passed between this two different activities is impossible to define. Nevertheless both deposits seems to be fast deposits regarding to their homogeneity. 

Consistency: Very compact 

Colour: Light brown 

Texture: Clayisth silty 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Agregates like brick, mortar, wall/floor plaster, charcoal, natural stones 

Post-depositional Features: Animal borrow 

Basal Boundary: Gradual, distintct, smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23153 below: (Click to view the record) 23131 equal to: (Click to view the record) 23146 

Dry sieve volume: 4055 

Total Deposit Volume: 4084 

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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