Unit 30219

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: Infill of room 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: This unit was recognized beneath u.20271 because of the discernment of walls f.3948 and f.3984. It represents the fill, over a long period of time, of sp. 509-- the interior of a Roman building (as suggested by the mud-brick style and the type of plaster on the walls.) The real basal boundary of this unit was dug through in an effort to move quickly through the late-period materials-- the top of occupation layer of the building-- or the initial fill deposit after burning (a deposit of ash) was passed through in some places by the large crew brought in. Therefore the basal boundary of the fill may in some cases actually descend into the heavily burnt layer 30246.

In this large deposit, we found a huge amount of pottery, as well as bone, groundstone, a burnt beam of wood (sampled) and some pieces of copper-- all reinforcing the fact that this is quite a late deposit of material, mostly consisting of pieces of Roman mud-brick which has tumbled and collapsed over time. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: greyish brown-- burnt to black in some places 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: composite 

Inclusions: charcoal, plaster, ash, Roman mud-brick material 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear where we came down on f. 3993-- less clear elsewhere 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30246, 30247 below: (Click to view the record) 20271 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 4760 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): 0 

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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