Unit 7898

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: arbitrary layer,midden 

Data Category Information: Location: external

Dimensions: 3.10 x 0.70 x 0,16 

Discussion: This is a midden layer sloping down to the North and placed between deposits on top of Neolithic roof and double mudbrick wall against southern edge of the trench. This is the same layer as unit 8922. It contains a large number of animal bones, what makes it very distinctive (see also units 7899 and 8982 - cluster of animal bones). 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: midden layer sloping down to the North 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid to dark brown 

Texture: loamy sand 

Bedding: layered (layers sloping to the North) 

Inclusions: pottery, animal bones, obsidian, daub, shell 

Post-depositional Features: burrowing animals 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below:8922; 7880equal to:8922; 8904(?)

Dry sieve volume: 440 

Total Deposit Volume: 457 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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