Unit 13174
Category: Layer dug in 2006
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Discussion: distinctive midden layer - yellow/grey - a mix of ashy waste and yellow mudbrick material. spread across the south & west of the midden area but faded away to the north & east.
Recognition: had been aware of this layer as distinctive for some time pre-ex alongside the east wall of B66 - yellow/grey colour
Definition: clear - except faded away/thinned gradually to nothing on N edge
Execution: mattock
Condition: dry
Consistency: friable
Colour: pale grey/yellowish grey
Texture: sandy silt - ashy
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: freq small/med animal bone; occ pot; mod obsidian
Post-depositional Features: truncated to east by Byzantine foundation cut - not directly truncated by grave cut (13198), but layer appeared to 'respect' the stones (13152) over the grave, so possibly this layer truncated on S side when the stones place over grave?
Basal Boundary: abrupt; distinct; smooth; inclined west to east & south to north; smooth
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 1050
Total Deposit Volume: 1081
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 14
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2006 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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