Unit 23249

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Midden 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

Discussion: This unit belongs to a new sequence of layers exposed directly below the 2rt midden sequence deposits U23245. As the two units above, correspond to a layered deposit composed by different episodes of activity with ashes, other organic material (charcoal, bones…) and also “garbage” through in that area before the B-162 and B-17 were built, in what seems to be an open area. All this deposits have more or less the same morphological characteristics and coloration than above, but are a bit more compact, probably because there are more close to the phreatic layer and original soil.
We remove with the same unit number around 0.50 cm of this midden, mostly in a small trench in the deep sounding that extends 3 x 1 m parallel to the western wall of B-162. As the unit above, the excavation of this trench confirmed that the midden extends also below the extension of B-162.
We stop the excavation arbitrary at that point, being set of layers were the last ones excavated in that part of the site. 

Consistency: Compact 

Colour: Diferent intensities of grey 

Texture: Mostly clay and silt, less than 5% of sand 

Bedding: Compound paralel layers mostly of ash, but also clay slooping direction N-S 

Inclusions: Charcoal, natural stones 

Post-depositional Features: Not observed 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:NFEbelow: (Click to view the record) 23245 

Dry sieve volume: 2620 

Total Deposit Volume: 2655 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): XI, XII 

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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