Unit 32771

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Infill of a scoop 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: scoop; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Fill was a very light grey, ashy soil with occasional small charcoal flecks and rare small orange clay chunks, with some small, flat chunks of white plaster too. The edges of the cut were very distinct from the surrounding matrix. The western part was very compact while the eastern part was more loose due to the crack (from being dried out) running through it from the northern midpoint obliquely to the southeastern part. After about 2-3 cm the firm ashy deposit turned into more of a compact and crumbly fill with less ash and more clay and plaster chunks, especially in the southwestern 2/3, while the northeastern 1/3 remained the same ashy deposit but with more plaster. The fill was virtually sterile in terms of material culture. 

Consistency: Compact, but more firm/loose in eastern part due to crack running though the fill 

Colour: Light grey 

Texture: 60% ash, 20% sand, 20% clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: 10% charcoal flecks, 10% mid-orange clay small chunks, 10% white plaster small chunks and some larger flat laminations 

Post-depositional Features: Crack running from north to southeast part of fill. Truncated in northeast portion by later cut 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic, abrupt, distinct, smooth, flat, smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32772 below: (Click to view the record) 32090 

Total Deposit Volume: 4 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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