Unit 2541

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: inter-building fill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: between walls; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 1.85 x 1.75 m 

 

Description: see 2531 and 2537 

 

Discussion: Southern half of s[pace 73 removed by one of the workmen, Taner - basically consisting of two layers - a think top layer of orange sandy silt & a bottom layer of dark brown clays. The top orange sandy layer (originally thought to be .. .. .. but it is merely oxidised) is very similar to the orange sub floor packing in building 1 - perhaps it is left over material dumped is here? (GML finished it off) 

 

Execution: pick & trowel 

Condition: warm & dry 

Consistency: moderately to very firm, upper layer; very firm to strong, lower layer 

Colour: 5 YR 5/6 yellowish red - upper layer, 10 YR 5/4 yellowish brown, lower layer 

Texture: sandy silt - upper layer; silty clay - lower layer 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: charcoal <10mm <1%; plaster <10mm <1%; clay fragemtns <5mm, 2-5% 

Post-depositional Features: salts / roots, <1% animal burrow 

Basal Boundary: sharp, distinct, undulating 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3061 below: (Click to view the record) 2519 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2531 

 

Dry sieve volume: 170 

Total Deposit Volume: 210 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 73

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

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

Ground Stone Records: Yes Count of records:: 1

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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