Unit 20156

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: naturally deposited loam beneath topsoil 

Data Category Information: Deposition: buried soil

Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 0.33 m 

Discussion: This layer was identified as a layer of compact sandy clay loam beneath the silty topsoil, covering the entire trench. Removing this layer yielded a large amount of pottery, some obsidian projectile points, and a skeleton buried very close to the surface (20162). The basal boundary of this layer was defined by the appearance of many walls across the trench's northern half. Many of these walls turned out to be collapsed/dispersed laminations of building material-- which still impacted our decision to divide the trench into two portions-- the north marked by an abundance of building material and the south without.

Note on Total deposit volume:
Unknown volume was unsieved.
Calculated from dimensions in 2013. 

Recognition: clearly more compact, moister, patchy soil under first layer 

Definition: total extent of trench (naturally deposited layer) 

Execution: by pick and hoe 

Condition: cool, shaded 

Consistency: firm with friable patches 

Colour: light greyish brown, with patches of red and dark brown 

Texture: very moist, very compact sandy clay loam 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: pottery, bone, obsidian, copper, flint, clay tools, stone tools 

Post-depositional Features: floral growth, burial f. 3961 & 3931, sinking of datum 

Basal Boundary: defined by the appearance of many walls in plan in northern half 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20180, 20161, 20181, 20268 below: (Click to view the record) 20141 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3300 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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