Unit 6531

Category: layer    dug in 2000

 

Area: Trench I 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Roof/ceiling,Screen wall 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: non in-situ; Location: building; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

 

Dimensions: 1.67m EW x 0.7m NS (possibly +0.65m NS) 

 

Description: Rubble layer within Space 190 collapse 

 

Discussion: This appears to be either ceiling/roof or a screen wall collapsed into the room, sloping north to south. It consists largely of lumps of rammed earth (pise) up to 15 x 10cm and c. 5cm thick, along with large chunks of plaster, some with a red painted surface. The pise contains strong imprints of reeds and many phytoliths, indicating that it was rammed onto a red structure such as matting, hence roof/ceiling interpretation. The surrounding matrix, mostly in the lower part of the layer, is a fine, loose soil. 

 

Recognition: Lumpy material beneath loose layer 6523 

Definition: Edges largely defined by walls around Space 190; upper and lower surfaces by change from rubble to fine, loose soil, and vice versa 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Hot, sunny, dry, windy. Poor visibility - sun 

Consistency: Very firm chunks of pise 80%, very crumbly plaster 5%, very loose surrounding (mainly underlying) matrix 15% 

Colour: Pise 2.5Y 5/2 greyish brown 

Texture: Clay 60%, silt 30%, fine sand 10% (pise) 

Bedding: Convoluted/massive 

Inclusions: Pot, large, <5%; bone <5%, obsidian <2%, phytoliths <10% 

Post-depositional Features: Animal holes, roots, grave cut (Byzantine) 

Basal Boundary: Undulating, accidental 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 6542 below: (Click to view the record) 6523 equal to: (Click to view the record) 6511 

 

Dry sieve volume: 315 

Total Deposit Volume: 338 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 4 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 190

Features:: none

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2000 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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