Unit 30120

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: packing deposit 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: between walls; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: The dense layer, comprised of crushed bricks and mortar, was placed within Sp.518. It was restricted to the North by the wall F.7301 of B. 77 and to the South by wall F.3679. The unit had been uncovered partially in 2012 and then exposed entirely after exploration of the wall 3646 in 2013.
Taking into consideration its particular kinds of components and the thickness of the unit it seems that this deposit had a packing purpose and its accumulation was conducted intentionally. Consequently, the packing layer must have been related to activities aiming to stabilize the ground before erection of the wall [F.3646]. Therefore the pack comprised mainly of constructional material that was dumped deliberately all over the space.
Mentioned context as well as the whole described sequence is problematic. The location of the layer between F.3679 and F.7301 allows us to affiliate the deposit with Sp.518. However, considering the fact that the layer was performed in order to build the wall (F.3646) related with the space 488, make confusion from recording and stratigraphical points of view. That is why unit 30120 was aligned to those two spaces. 

Consistency: compact, firm - in lower part 

Colour: mid-orange, light-orange 

Texture: clay, silty-clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: bricks, mortar, plaster, burned clay building material 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30137 below: (Click to view the record) 19580, 30126, 30125 equal to: (Click to view the record) 22028 

Dry sieve volume: 60 

Total Deposit Volume: 986 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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