Unit 20180

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

 

Area: TPC 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Natural deposit over time 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 10 m x 6 m x 0.15 m 

 

Discussion: We created this unit on the basis of having found many walls (or the tops of walls) and building material in the northern half of the trench. Excavating the burial put time constraints on our excavation strategy, so we had to subdivide the trench to continue working in the southern half. Because of the artificial northern boundary-- not because of evident soil change-- this layer was identified as distinct from 20156, although the emerging stratigraphy in the northern half did guide our placement of the northern limit of 20180. We ended the layer when many walls and pits became apparent (see plan 12/623). Finding iron in this layer seems problematic for identifying f. 3931 as Neolithic, but likely relates to the erosion and post-depositional disturbance processes on the mound, especially since this layer is so close to the surface.

Note on total deposit volume:
Unsieved volume was not measured, so total volume is unknown. 

 

Recognition: under 20156, walls and urials appeared in northern half; southern half of trench sectioned off to continue digging 

Definition: northern extent determined by apparent features; other edges = edges of trench 

Execution: hoe and pick 

Condition: hot, shaded 

Consistency: firm to friable 

Colour: greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: pottery, bone, obsidian, clay objects, groundstone, iron, flint 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, sinking of datum 

Basal Boundary: appearance of many walls and pits 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20225, 20229, 20233, 20247, 20249, 20227 below: (Click to view the record) 20156 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

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 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 483

Features:: none

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: No

Figurine Records: No

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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