Unit 17718

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: midden 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

Discussion: midden layer predating buirling 55 but built up outside pre-building 52 east and space 229. Not as bone rich as some midden deposits 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid-dark grey 

Texture: ashy sandy silt 

Bedding: laminated 

Inclusions: moderate bone, stone, obsidian, occasional charcoal flecks and frags 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, excavated to east in 2004 

Basal Boundary: diffuse, followed base of construction cut [17730] and tip lines 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17719 below: (Click to view the record) 17730 

Dry sieve volume: 450 

Total Deposit Volume: 478 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): ? 

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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