Unit 7211

Category: Layer    dug in 2001

Area: Trench I 

Interpretive Categories: arbitrary spit 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: ca 10 x 10 m spit and 0.10 m deep 

Discussion: East end of area (7211) is at 535/1025 to 537/1035.
Arbitrary 10 cm spit taken to level off area of trench to help define further archaeological features. Full of disturbed material and matrix may represent upcast from earlier grave (byzantine disturbance). 

Recognition: Arbitrary spit taken off after 6599 was removed and cleaned 

Definition: Defined as layer that is slightly higher than surrounding area - neede to be removed to level area 

Execution: Mattock, shovel 

Condition: Hot, dry, sunny 

Consistency: Medium hard but also soft and loose in places 

Colour: Light brownish orange 

Texture: Sandy silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Large quantities of pottery including fragments with anthropomorhpic motif (hand), big pieces of pot, obsidian, bone, iron, also large chunks of Byzantine plaster, chunks of mudbrick and chalcolithic plaster and quantities of Byzantine tile - ca 3 % 

Post-depositional Features: animal and root activity 

Basal Boundary: Arbitrary although felt a little more "archaeological" and bulky 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7228 below: (Click to view the record) 6599 equal to: (Click to view the record) 7223 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples 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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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