Unit 5529

Category: Layer    dug in 2002

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: 1960s spoil 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: the excavation of this spoil started off from the N end of the trench late afternoon after the removal of the top soil has been finished. We are hoping to find the trnch wall of Mellaart in the next days. 

Recognition: recognized by the loose texture and greyish brown colour below top soil to the north of the trench 

Definition: loose greyish brownsoil towards the north of trench 

Execution: mattock and trowel 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: quite a bit of bone, pot, obsidian, some flecks of charcoal, some ash (coming from the burnt deposit around), salt concretions 

Post-depositional Features: intense animal , root, insect activity 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5545 equal to: (Click to view the record) 5530 

Dry sieve volume: 100 

Total Deposit Volume: 100 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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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