Unit 7864

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: bricky infill; midden 

Data Category Information: Location: external

Dimensions: 6.70 x 3.40 x 0,40 

Discussion: This is a large and deep midden deposit. It is placed directly underneath a levelling bricky layer (7813). It is a first layer of midden placed on the fallen roof or floor of the Neolithic building. 

Recognition: shape, context, colour 

Definition: midden 

Execution: trowel, shovel 

Condition: dry, hot, windy 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid brown with light brown & mid grey 

Texture: sandy clay loam and sandy loam 

Bedding: mixed deposits 

Inclusions: pottery, animal bones, obsidian, shell, CBM, flint, human bone 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowings 

Basal Boundary: levelled 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7881, 7880, 7882 below: (Click to view the record) 7813 equal to: (Click to view the record) 7895 

Dry sieve volume: 4875 

Total Deposit Volume: 4902 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 12

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 13

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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