Unit 19178

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Infill/ Blocking 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Blocking of area between the two platforms (f. 7423 & 7425) in S end of Sp. 135. Seems more haphazard than other leveling in the area with building (plaster & mudbrick) debris mixed with occupation debris. Softer nature of the deposit has led to burrowing & this may account for the two X finds found within this deposit which were found together in a softer patch-possibly a burrow or disturbed from the plaster floor which this overlies.

This deposit & the modification of S end of sp.135 seem to have taken place to accommodate an oven f.7412 and probably also relate to the narrowing of adjacent doorway with U. 20091 in order to create the space for f.7412. However, the exact phasing/sequence of events is still unclear & may be easier to understand with further excavation. 

Consistency: Mod compact 

Colour: Mid grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: mottled 

Inclusions: occasional plaster flecks, mod orange mudbrick plaster chunks, occasional charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: Burrowing & roots 

Basal Boundary: Clear but prob. Overdug 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19182 below: (Click to view the record) 19170 

Total Deposit Volume: 25 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds 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:

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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