Unit 30501

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: the core of the bench 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: bench; Material: brick&mortar

Description: This unit may consist of two layers, representing 2 events: a more dense clay (tempered with less organic material) on the bottom and a more porous on the top. The uneven exposure to fire has made it more difficult to separate difference in materials. 

Discussion: Unearthed in 2013, not excaveted due to the end of the season. Located in between plastered surfaces (U30529 and U20673) at the E end and N side and most of the S side but beyond that is very hard to distinguish it from surrounding construction rubble (from infill U20567). Multiple (at least 9) wild sheep horncores sticking out of it. Loose pieces of the horns were collected.

Addition to above ddiscussion after excavation in 2014 season:
This unit is the earliest stage of F7118 clearly distingusable from the overlaying layers by its colour and texture. Since it has been unevenly burnt it was very difficult to see possible layers within the unit, however, the position of the incorporated horns (x-find 1-10) in two rows (x-find 1,2 & 3, in an overlaying row) indicates that the core have been built in two stages. In addition one of the horns (x-find 10) have been covered in a later stage by a make-up layer (U21382). To investigate this, further samples were taken for analysis of the different (possibly) types of temper and clay (sample 3-5). This unit was excavated using trowel. 

Consistency: firm-hard 

Colour: dark-grey to yellow orange 

Texture: coarse sandy 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: (high amount) burnt clay (spherical pieces), phytoliths, chalk 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, roots 

Basal Boundary: sharp, antropogenic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21379 below: (Click to view the record) 21381, 21383, 21382 

Total Deposit Volume: 16 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 10

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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