Unit 8192

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor packing 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1.8m X 1.0m 

Discussion: This unit is gray packing underneath earliest floor of F.162. It is very differentfrom unit 8191- perhaps ( and down at a different time? Because the material of the unit is doughnut shaped. The midpoint was taken in the southern edge- where shown on drawing.

Southern edge colors Northern side colors
7.5 YR 6/4 top layer: 10 YR 6/4- light brown
10YR 5/3 lower layers: 10YR 5/2 and inc. greyish
5 YR 5/3

The Northeastern section of the unit had fewer inclusions than the rest of the unit and was a slightly different color (see above). On the southern side ( and grading into the north-west side) The inclusions were charcoal, burnt clay, and building material. There was also a burnt layer (area) of charcoal / gray material. This unit was 10-15cm thick in some areas (mainly S and NW)and only 5-7cm in others ( mainly NE and N)

The unit came down into a thin plaster floor with a wall junction in the East. The floor in the north end of the unit sloped up towards the north wall. There appears to be floor repairs in the the northwest end of the unit as well. Through dry sieving small amounts of animal bone and obsidian were removed. In addition, a separate flotation sample for the area immediately above the floor was taken S9, because the concentration of occuptational remains is expected to be higher just above the floor rather than in the packing matrix as a whole. Samples for ICP, Phytolith, phosphate analysis were taken from both the north and south areas of the unit because of the different nature of the deposits. 

Recognition: gray packing under floor 5 to E plaster lip 

Definition: clear-down to white plaster floor C, southern edge of F.162 and N. wall 

Execution: mattock and trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: friable to firm 

Colour: 10 YR 6/2 light brownish gray 

Texture:  

Bedding: massive, but heterogeneous 

Inclusions: burned clay, building material, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: salts near occupation floor 

Basal Boundary: white plaster floor, sharp anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8185, 8186 

Dry sieve volume: 41 

Total Deposit Volume: 71 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

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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