Unit 30002

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Compacted, mudbrick-like packing, truncated 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: floor (packing only); Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Ridge of compacted, mudbrick-like materials laying on top of grey floors and a very small ashy spread (probably hearth F.7607 rake-out accumulation). It appears truncated in two of its sides and highly disturbed by animal burrowing in another, giving the impression of an isolated unit, non-related to the contexts around it. From the nature of this deposit (compacted fine-grained sediments) and its location, by the edge of old hearth F.7607, we could hypothesise that this was initially the edge/lip of a fire installation that became later truncated when the hearth fell in disuse and was dismantled.
The lower boundary is marked by a high concentration of gypsum nodules of ca.1-3mm size. This pattern has been found in other parts of the building, with gypsum reprecipitation marking the contact between units. Although this is part of post-depositional processes, this phenomenon might be worth studying further in the future, as it might be indicative of different materials and uses of space. 

Consistency: Compact. 

Colour: Light greyish brown. 

Texture: Clay loam. 

Bedding: Massive. 

Inclusions: Few lenses of fine sands. 

Post-depositional Features: Extensively disturbed by rodent burrowing; frequent gypsum salts. 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, distinct, smooth, anthropic/constructional. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:NFEbelow: (Click to view the record) 30550 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 1 

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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