Unit 31363

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: infill of building 

Data Category Information: Location: between walls

Discussion: That was an infill layer localized in space 562. It was bigger than the upper one as it was extended to the South where its extended up to a layer of bricks U.31384. This layer was very similar to U.31332 because the bricks put in the mortar. Because there was no mortar between bricks and the bricks in many cases seemed to have been lying rather randomly, this was interpreted as a part of infill. The plaster which was found on some of the bricks did not form any large surface. It was interpreted as remains of reused brick. The infill was in its NE part was placed on the platform, very easy to distinguish because of colour and texture. In other parts it was more difficult to distinguısh as it had been placed on another layer of infill, defineds as occupational layer. It differed in colour and consistency.
During exploration of the southern part of layer, numerous fragments of bones, including unbroken ones, were found. The largest concentration appeared in central-E part of space, in the corner made by the bench edge and the South wall of space. İt was the place in which a fire installation was most likely placed. The other fire installation was placed in the corner made by W part of bricks U.31384 and the trench edge. No enitire unit was sieved because after sieving of 150 liters of soil it appeared that there is almost no finds. The number of pieces bones or pottery was almost this same as while handpicked. Hence, it was decided not to sieve a remaining part of this unit. 

Consistency: firm, in some places there were compact bricks 

Colour: mixed, partially orange, partially grey light or dark 

Texture: clay, clayich silt 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: bricks put in some place 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: wisibly by more fat layer below other also in colour 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 31844 below: (Click to view the record) 31363 

Dry sieve volume: 150 

Total Deposit Volume: 3480 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

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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