Unit 30754

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: Pit fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: The fill had a distinctive color that distinguished it from the surrounding orange color. The fill contained a hodgepodge of various artifacts, which leaves the origin of the pit/fill unclear. The fill also contained remnants of collapsed brick as well as a potential hearth or surface with a characteristic burn mark. The fill was excavated with pick, trowel, and brush. We came upon a mud brick wall that lies along the W half of the pit in plan view, which marked the basal boundary of the pit. This suggests that although there is no change in soil on the E half, it may come from a different depositional context and should be excavated separately. The size of the pit and its heterogeneous coposition suggests that the fill was added through multiple events over a period of time. 

Consistency: friable to loose 

Colour: brown/grey 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: clay, charcoal, lime, calcium 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: in situ mud bricks found on W edge of trench, suggests E half may be room fill 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30809 below: (Click to view the record) 30228 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 10210 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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