Unit 14606

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: posthole; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: Fairly homogenous deposit, more plaster fragments/ lumps towards base. Orange clay band extends for aprox 30cm from N, 18cm below surface, no more than 3cm thick. Material represents backfill of pit once poat removed, rapid event with plaster from platform and material below platform thrown in and compacted. 

Recognition: colour 

Definition: good 

Execution: hand mattock, trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: mid to light yellow brown 

Texture: clay silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bone, stone, obsidian, shell, occ charcoal flecks, frequent plaster frags 

Post-depositional Features: root and animal dist'b 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14607 below: (Click to view the record) 13115 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 260 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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