Unit 16972

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: roomfill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: NS: 139 cm; EW: 211 cm; Depth: 55 cm 

Discussion: Unit 16972 was the first layer to be removed from sp. 341 in 2012. The layer was thisck but heterogenous. The unit was differentiated from the layer underneath by the differences in soil compactness. The bottom is more compact fill than this unit. It is harder to detect the walls of the space. Most of the finds consist of ceramics, bone, and few clayballs. A larger plaster piece was found in the western wall and a cluster of ceramic lay in the edge of the space connecting it with the central room. Pieces of plaster were found throughout the unit. 

Recognition: Walls, inclusions 

Definition: Not very clear in the walls, semi clear on bottom 

Execution: Shovel, small picks, trowel 

Condition: shaded, warm 

Consistency: Loose dirt with ashy spots and firm lumps of clay 

Colour: Beige, buff, brown 

Texture: Sandy silt with clay inclusions 

Bedding: Heterogenous 

Inclusions: Charcoal, pottery, bone, clayballs, lumps of clay, bits of plaster, stone, obsidian, shells 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16973 below: (Click to view the record) 15152 equal to: (Click to view the record) 15157 

Dry sieve volume: 1640 

Total Deposit Volume: 1670 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 7

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

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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