Unit 5545

Category: Layer    dug in 2002

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: infill,spoil 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: This is the top layer of this SE foot of the foundation. It is a layer that consists of material coming from erosion, Mellaart's spoil, mixed with the top soil. We took quite a lot of soil out to see what was going on beneath the areas where there seems to be some collapsed wall material. After the clearance, I think we came down to about 3 different walls. Need a bit more excavation to understand fully.
We did not sieve these deposits as we had no time and just handpicked big finds. 

Consistency: loose @N edge, firm @ SE corner, loose @ SW corner 

Colour: light greyish brown 

Texture: sandy clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: a bit ashy, not much charcoal, building rubble (mudbrick, mortar) not as much bone as midden deposits, pottery (including later stuff) 

Post-depositional Features: Quite a bit of animal, plant and insect 

Basal Boundary: diffuse 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 5529, 5530 

Dry sieve volume: 3000 

Total Deposit Volume: 3000 

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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