Unit 20703
Category: Layer dug in 2013
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: burnt construction layer
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous
Dimensions: 2.5 m x 2.7 m
Discussion: U. 20703 is a burnt layer of obvious geometric bricks, cut into by f. 3982 and bounded by walls f. 3981 and 3963. Unexcavated at end of 2012 season.
The infill has several barley deposits, and a lot of charcoal inclusions. Dominant in the fill is burnt brick and burnt clay. In the west middle part of the fill, antler was found. In the east middle to south corner, several ground stones were found. Towards the bottom of the layer patches of ash and more organic material was found, everything sampled by botanists. In the north middle part large samples of phytoliths were taken.
It can be noted here for now, that in the south east corner, the majority of the ground stones were found. In the walls in this corner barley seeds can be seen in the walls. Remnants of what looks like a small domed contruction is visible in the corner, perhaps remains of a designated place for ground stones. This is however just a theory.
The ground stones are all situated in the fill varying in elevation of about 30 cm. The difference in Z-value of the ground stones could be a consequence of the destruction phase, disturbing the already placed or forgotten ground stones. Or, it could be the consequence of them being deposited in the space during the destruction, hence leaving them at different heights in the infill. A ground stone is a quite heavy object and ought to be hard to move without humans being involved. If all of them were lying on the floor and in the destruction phase got so disturbed they changed their elevation almost 30 cm, seems somewhat unlikely.
My interpretation is that the ground stones were deposited during the fire/destruction of the space.
NB X24 should not be an X-find as it is missing coordinates. /ÅB
Recognition: clear-- below u. 20266, a similar layer-- but this has distinguishable bricks
Definition: defined by boundaries of walls f. 3981 and f. 3963, and trench boundary
Consistency: loose with compact parts - mudbrick and clay
Colour: geometric pattern of burnt mud bricks-- gray, red, yellow, black
Texture: silt, clay, ash - mixed
Bedding: layered (compound)
Inclusions: charcoal, burnt brick, clay, red painted fragments of plaster
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: clear, smooth, slight slope from the middle towards the edges, a bit wavy and uneven towards west, east and north.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 1247
Total Deposit Volume: 1332
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 28
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 34
Number of Related Diary Entries: 5
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): II, III
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2013 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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