Unit 2709

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: midden 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

Dimensions: max. N-S 4m., min N-S 3m., E-W 5.20m 

Discussion: We scratched soft level upside of fill (rubbish). We continued this work in wide area. But the surface colour was different. Especially middle of this unit area soil colour is black or nearly black. This soil was softer than the other and easy to excavate. Sometime we collected sample of organic residue. We found more bone pieces 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: moderately strong 

Colour: 5Y 6/1 gray 

Texture: sandy clay loam 

Bedding:  

Inclusions: charcoal <1cm 10%, plant <1cm 5%, plaster <1cm 5%, small stone <1cm 5%, bone <1cm 5%, ash <1cm 20% 

Post-depositional Features: salt, bioturbation by roots, burning (levelling) 

Basal Boundary: sharp, smooth, sedimentological boundary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2720 below: (Click to view the record) 2344 

Dry sieve volume: 110 

Total Deposit Volume: 200 

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 

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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