Unit 8730

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Paleosoil 

Data Category Information: Description: very mixed

Dimensions: Length is N-S, Width is E-W 

Discussion: Paleosoil preserved under wall collapse (8710). The unit also contains a small are of topsoil to the west that was outside the area covered by the collapsed mudbrick wall but was not removed during the original phase of topsoil removal. Below unit (8710) Neolithic mudbrick walls were encountered as well as a couple of clearly definec grave cuts (Byzantine probably). There may also be a 'late' pit that caused some slumping of the topsoil in grid 1045/1155.

Valid 0 due to no depth (CAH 04/03/10) 

Recognition: The deposit was recognised by its loose, homogeneous form overlying neolithic walls 

Definition: Defined by the extent of the deposit without archaeological features or contexts that appear in situ 

Execution: mattock 

Condition: Not so hot 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: Light grey 

Texture: Sandy silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Occasional pot, occasional bone, occasional obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: A few rodent burrows 

Basal Boundary: Clear mostly but dippoing in the centre of 1045/1155, probably from slumping into 'late' pit 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8710 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

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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