Unit 23159

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Fill of a pit 

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

Discussion: Layer exposed after remove the remains of the U23145 the middle deposit in the pit U23147. So that unit belongs to the lower deposit documented in this pit made probably with the intention of remove the eastern wall of B-139.

After define the primary room infill in the southern part of the building, the eastern part was clearly more dark (see the ortophoto B139_2017_001_plan) but we thought that the pit was completely excavated and even the difference of coloration in the east, the surface exposed was the same layer, the primary room infill. With this idea, we decided to remove the rest of the room fills in the northern part of the building to expose the primary room infill in the entire space. As we describe before, all the deposits in the northern part of the building were removed with the arbitrary layer 23155.
When we exposed the primary room infill in the entire building, and we check the section ortophoto (B139_2017_001_section) we realize that the cut U23147 was deeper in the easter part of the building exactly in the area where the deposit was darker, so the pit was also cutting the primary room infill. So the darkest zone in the eastern part of the buildings correspond to the lower fill of the pit U23147 which as we said was truncating also the primary room infill too.

So to sum up, the U23159 refers to a light grey layer, pretty compact a bit grease and with quite a lot of clay and also charcoal in the composition that correspond the lowest fill in the pit U23147. After remove this layer, and in the edges of the deeper part of the pit, laying on the primary room infill we documented a few collapsed wall pieces. This elements supports the hypothesis that the pit was made with the intention of remove the eastern wall of the building. (28/06/17)

After remove the last remains of the U23159 we think that probably the F8704 (collapsed wall) correspond and event that happens before the cut was done, and the pit cuts also a bit the upper part of the collapsed wall. Is still in discussion the meaning of the pit U23147. 

Consistency: Compact 

Colour: Grey 

Texture: Clayish with a bit of silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Natural stones, charcoal, building material agregattes 

Post-depositional Features: Salts, animal burrow 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, smooth, abrupt 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23147 below: (Click to view the record) 23145 

Dry sieve volume: 1455 

Total Deposit Volume: 1481 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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  

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