Unit 13489

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: secondary fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 4.12x3.70x0.22 

Discussion: Layer is the top fill of a pit. The fill was quite loose and was a dark grey colour. It contained domestic waste material, but lacked the classic midden like appearance of other midden layers seen else where in the 4040 area and also the south shelter (S261), so not thought of as a midden layer in this regard. The layer contained a charcoal element towards the base of the layer, which originally was thought to represent the beginning of a new layer, but more likely this is attributed to post depositional sorting. The layer also contained some rubbly patches, probably derived from redeposition of broken wall material that was removed by the cutting of the pit. These areas were predominantly located to the north and south of the excavated area of the pit.

Formation wise the layer has the appearance of a secondary fill deriving from local landscape erosion in combination with domestic refuse dumping. Its dark appearance may be from a degraded charcoal element. Finds recovered from the layer range from Neolithic to Byzantine. 

Recognition: Surface colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel and mattock 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose to firm 

Colour: dark grey 

Texture: clayey silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: obsidian, pot, charcoal (3%), bone, clay. 

Post-depositional Features: little 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13492 below: (Click to view the record) 13483 equal to: (Click to view the record) 13492 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 2690 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 5

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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