Unit 21194

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Infill layer of B.129 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Description: Layer 21194 is quite heterogeneous in colour and consistency, ranging from dark brown/black, softer and rich in rock fragments towards the southern end to dark grey, compact silt in the central area of the layer. The majority of the layer is composed of firm, light grey silt. 

Discussion: U.21194 is one of the infill layers between B.129 (later phase) and B.131 (earlier phase). Unlike U.21193 and 21195 the soil is unburnt. Lying above U.21193, U.21194 is later than the burnt infill layer (U.21193).

The depht of U.21194 is very variable, ranging from few centimeters in the central area to a maximum depht of around 60 cm close to the walls. For this reason, we interpreted this layer as a preparation layer set up in order to stabilize the walls of later building 129.

The infill itself is quite heterogeneous, due probably to the different provenance of the soil used (see description).

In the S-W corner of the layer we found a high concentration of clay balls (4-5) and, above all, beads (10-12). In the same area X1 was found: it is a black, cave worked bone, cylindrical in shape, perhaps incised. 

Consistency: compact to firm 

Colour: light grey to dark brown/black 

Texture: silty to silty clay 

Bedding: compound (discontinuous layers) 

Inclusions: charcoal, clay, rock fragments 

Post-depositional Features: / 

Basal Boundary: change in accumulated deposits; sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21195 below: (Click to view the record) 21193 

Dry sieve volume: 180 

Total Deposit Volume: 4224 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): ? 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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