Unit 19700

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: pit infill,post retrieval pit 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 1.50 x 1.80 x 0.50 x 0.50 (m) 

 

Discussion: Unit 19700 is a heterogeneous infill layer of a quite large pit located next to the western wall (F. 4090) of space 370 (B.96). It has been filled with a massive amount of plaster which probably fell down from the western wall as well as with heterogeneous ashy and greyish firm soil. Within the pit a cluster of animal bones (u.19702) has been recorded. At the bottom of the pit fragments of red ochre has been registered and removed for specialist analyses. It is possible that this unit is an infill of post retrieval pit (because of its shape, location and lack of plaster on central part of the western wall) . 

 

Recognition: color, consistency 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel, mini mattock 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: firm to compact 

Colour: mid brown, dark grey with charcoal with black intrusions, creamy 

Texture: silty clay, clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: animal bones, charcoal, obsidian, red pigment 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: distinct, wavy 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19704 below: (Click to view the record) 19216 equal to: (Click to view the record) 19702 

 

Dry sieve volume: 225 

Total Deposit Volume: 676 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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 

Related Photos: 5 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 96

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 370

Features:: (Click to view the record) 7000 (pit)

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

Ceramics Data for 2012 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 15

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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