Unit 18377

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: Fill below floor,substruction to floor 

Data Category Information: none

Description: the fill or substruction under the floor 16977 (U31143) in the b.98 

Discussion: GWN:

The unit 18377 is in the same area where the artificial quadrangular network of units (31102, 31103,31104,...) was disposed in order of the floor (16977) to be removed and thoroughly understood. The latest unit determined the levels below the floors i.e. the fill or substruction for the leveling of the upper floors. The soil was loose without specific structures within, except the abundance of pottery, bones, clay balls, figurine, pot stand and bone tool.

CLC:

This unit was initially recognized in a 2012 sondage in sp.449 in B.98. Excavations in 2013 confirmed this fill over a wide area in B.98 under the floors. After removal of floor 31143, it was clear that ca. 1cm of this fill directly below the floor is quite compact and was initially thought to be another trampled surface. However, it is more likely, that this compactness results from interaction between the fill and flooor above. Possibilities include pressure from rampling on the floor above, or even a drying + hardening caused by desication by the calcareas floor. Moreover finds in this fill found directly under the floor were collected seperately, as they are clearly very close stratigraphically to the floor, in some cases leaving impressions in the floor above, where it was laid on top of them. The surface of this layer also sometimes demonstrates a reddish hue. The fact that these 1-2 compact centimeters on top do not easily seperate from the rest of the fill below stenghten the assumption that it is not a seperate layer, despite the compact/soft consistency differences. 

Consistency: upper part loose, then compact/soft 

Colour: upper part brownish, then dark grey 

Texture: silt 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: pottery, bones, pot stands, clay balls, figurines, bone tools, obsidian, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: rodent burrows 

Basal Boundary: sloping 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18389 below: (Click to view the record) 31143 

Total Deposit Volume: 20 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 12

Number of Related Diary Entries: 9

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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