Unit 16973

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: roomfill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: NS: 139 cm; EW: 211 cm; Depth: 25 cm 

Discussion: This layer is more compact than the preceeding layer of roomfill, although both are heterogenous and have similar inclusions. In the lower parts this layer holds a lot of ashy material. The ammount of large pottery sherds and clayballs is substantial and possibly marks a large scale depositing event. Discussions between JMR and EUR and KTX have not yet been able to precisely state the way this layer is connected to the walls, buttress or plaster. These observations are also difficult because many finds, e.g. pottery or bone, are sticking in what is considered a wall. A small sounding (u. 16979) revealed the next level of roomfill as well as an interface between both layers characterizes by a very ashy charcoal material. 

Recognition: difference in consistency to layer above, more compact 

Definition: not clear at walls, uneven/irregular over surface 

Execution: small pick, trowel, shovel 

Condition: under shelter, warm, breeze 

Consistency: unhomogenous, firm soil with ashy patches, clay spots 

Colour: dark brown, gray, black, red 

Texture: sandy silt with clay inclusions 

Bedding: heterogenous 

Inclusions: pottery, animal bone, obsidian, clayballs, stone, marl fragments, charcoal, groundstone, clay fragments, horn core 

Post-depositional Features: roots, animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: irregular surface but quite flat 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16980 below: (Click to view the record) 16972 

Dry sieve volume: 453 

Total Deposit Volume: 483 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 7

Number of Related Diary Entries: 5

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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