Unit 12286

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: make up layer 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 4.00 x 4.00 x 0.09 

Discussion: This is a light brown make up layer placed underneath greyish floor recorded as unit 12285. Both units are functionally related and comprise upper floor in the second sequence (the oldest) of floors in Building 61 and can be dated back to phase II in the Mellaart scheme. This unit was clearly visible in its E part. There was a longitudinal brake in the middle probably of postdepositional character and its western section was uneven and mixed up with other deposits. No architectual elements of the space division were detected at this floor level. Accordingly, it was decided to arbitrary divide it in order to recognize macroscopally visible elements of space organization that may be discernable by heavy residue analysis. Hence, three archive and flotation samples were taken from various parts of the floor. These are a following samples:
s1(archive) and s5(flotation) from SE part of the unit,
s2(archive)and s6(flot.) from NE corner of the unit,
s3(archive) and s7(flot.) from W section of this unit. 

Recognition: colour, stratigraphic position 

Definition: light brown make up layer 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel 

Condition: warm, windy, dry 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: light brown 

Texture: silty sand 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bones 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: distinct, constructional, in places destroyed by postdepositional processes 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 11582 below: (Click to view the record) 12285 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 62750 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

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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