Unit 18680

Category: Layer    dug in 2011

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Dimensions: E-W 2.35 m; N-S 1.30 m 

Discussion: Floor across SE corner of building 97, bounded by walls f.3087 and f.4089 to the south, f.4088 to the east, f.3456 to the north, and f. 3460 to the west. The layer is most compact and clear to the west and north, descending into a more moist and friable area in the southeast corner gradually, without a sharp break between the dry and compact area and the looser, wetter sections. The floor is broken by the evidence for the ladder scar (f.3523), and is scorched in the northwest corner by the burning from hearth f.3517. Removing this layer revealed some moulding along the western edge of this layer extending E-W which bounds a region of significant ash and charcoal found in the SW corner of this layer which may represent a hearth, molded into the floor, similar to f.3524. 

Recognition: Compact clay layer underlying floor (18679) with hearth molding 

Definition: clear-- although I tbecomes softer, moister, and more friable in the SE corner 

Execution: trowel, brush 

Condition: humid and hot 

Consistency: firm along W edge, increasingly friable toward SE corner 

Colour: mottled gray and yellow-brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: composite 

Inclusions: ash, charcoal, occasional bone and pottery 

Post-depositional Features: extensive cracking, animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear- yellow-brown silty clay floor layer, obvious color and texture change 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18696, 18694 below: (Click to view the record) 18679 

Dry sieve volume: 150 

Total Deposit Volume: 170 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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