Unit 30831

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: Bin fill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: bin; Deposition: heterogeneous

Description: heterogenous material consisting of burned clay and loose soil 

Discussion: This unit was exposed at the end of s 2013, and was not excavated.
EXCAVATED IN 2015:
2015-07-27 (PEP)
This unit was defined as all the fill in between the bin walls of F7196, U30876 and excavated during 2015 year season since it was fully exposed after removing the last part of soil on top of the bins most N part. The fill consisted, as in the case of bin F7497 of burned rubble infill, probably deriving from the fire of Sp. 493. In the bottom a layer of phytoliths was discovered and samples were taken (s4 & 5) in order to determine what the contents of the bin could have been. Furthermore some large cattle bones including ribs were found in the upper part of the fill at the SW corner.
It seems likely, based on the excavation of this unit, that the bin F7496 was not used for storing barley and/or wheat grains (as bin F7198) but rather other plant material. The bones may derive from the event of burning the building when offerings may have been made and placed in the upper part of the infill of the bin.
The unit was excavated with trowel. The bin bottom contained ca 12 liters of phytoliths. The three X-finds derive from the very bottom of the bin and might acctually be part of the foundation of the bin F7196. Se further discussion on them there. 

Consistency: Firm/hard and soft (heterogenous) 

Colour: orange, brown 

Texture: sandy to silty 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: charcoal, phytoliths 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30876 below: (Click to view the record) 20703 

Dry sieve volume: 314 

Total Deposit Volume: 357 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): II, III 

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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