Unit 2531

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: inter-building fill 

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

Dimensions: 1.80 x 0.85 x 0.80 m 

Discussion: The unit is the half-part of the Space 73 as excavated. The deposit is sloping down towards N. The soil is very clayish and thus very compact (hard to dig up by trowel). A small course of wall was built on this fill. The fill consists of 3 layers of dump. The top course is clayish material mixed with ash. Second layer is more brown that resembles mud. The lowest course is the thickest which is hard, dark brown, clay material. A thick fragment of plaster can be seen in the lowest fill. However, the second mud-like dump contains many bone fragments with a cranium fragment.

GML 15.9: This discussion describes the general section at the N end - in it there are 3 layers; the top 2 were probably excavated last year and only the last is 2531 (& 2519) 

Execution: pick & trowel 

Condition: dry & sunny 

Consistency: granular, firm 

Colour: 10 YR 5/2 grayish brown (top fill), 10 YR 5/6 yellowish brown 

Texture: clay loam 

Bedding: layered; unoriented sloping layers of clayish soil, plaster lumps. 

Inclusions: <2% clay lumps; wall plaster <5%; bone <5% 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: dumped as accumulated deposits which are irregular. the surface is uneven, even a bit scorched 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2537 below: (Click to view the record) 2519 

Dry sieve volume: 400 

Total Deposit Volume: 429 

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:

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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