Unit 2814

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: coprolite human,organic deposit 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 10 mm x 20 mm 

Discussion: Coprolite/organic material along the E side of worn away platform in S/E corner of room. Slopes away to the E from the W. Possibly used as a toilet, or animals near or on platform. If it was used as a loo then not much more than a thin band of deposit remains. Dry Sieve Information: Unknown if any dry seive 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: shaded 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: yellow 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: < 70 % organic material, straw, hackberries. < 10 % salt. 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: clear, distinct, anthropogenic ? 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2793, 2798, 2753 below: (Click to view the record) 2797 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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