Unit 8628

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: middeny packing - fill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1.75 x 1.55 m 

Discussion: Around 20 cm of midden-like deposit from the complete surface of sp. 88 was removed with this unit. We did it by using mattock since the layer consisted of stuffed greasy moist clay, rich in organic material. We consider this to be a packing although it also could be a fill of a space lying under earlier phase of sp. 88. Plenty of gypsum, bits of charcoal, animal bones, obsidian chips and several pieces of clay balls were part of this deposit as well as a broken figurine (x1).
While removing the soil we came to a surface of compact moist greasy clay of red, yellowish and gray colour in the S and the W part of the space. In W part this layer has a wall-like form but it does not seem to be a real wall.
The basal boundary of this unit is a layer, which is very similar in texture to the one excavated with this unit. The two layers are distinguished because of the slight change in the colour (red/orange patches within dark gray layer) and consistency (stronger).
The next unit will be a con- tinuation of the packing removal in order to expose interior faces of walls of sp. 88.

Photo N - 030710_BACH_006/017 - end of unit (middeny packing) 

Recognition: within walls of sp. 88, under orange layer of floor/packing 

Definition: clear 

Execution: mattock 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: strong 

Colour: orange, light brown, black, gray 

Texture: silty greasy clay mixed with rubble and middeny material 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: ash, charcoal, salts, animal bone, clay balls, bits of bricks 

Post-depositional Features: animal holes 

Basal Boundary: trampled, constructional 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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