Unit 1813

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: dump/collapse 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

 

Dimensions: 1.10m E/W 0.64m N/S 

 

Discussion: A layer of pale 'greenish' looking silty clay, a dump of material possibly collapsed from a wall. Layer exists on the southern edge of area and is cut by wall cut 1626 . On excavation this layer was found to dip down considerably to the south go below wall 96/63 . During excavation it became evident that 1813 was in fact part of much larger layer 1816 covering the whole of space 117.A series of 3 lenses/ layers of collapsed plaster interrupted by darker bricky material was noted dipping down from the west to east. 

 

Execution: mattock trowel 

Condition: dry warm 

Consistency: moderately firm 

Colour: 2.5y 5/3 light olive brown 

Texture: clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: <5% charcoal <2% phytoliths, clay ball 

Post-depositional Features: cut by wall 96/63 at south 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, dumped basal boundary layer mixed with matrix below and very uneven 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1821 below: (Click to view the record) 1692 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1816 

 

Dry sieve volume: 470 

Total Deposit Volume: 498 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 2

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 117

Features:: none

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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