Unit 30331

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Pit infill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit

Discussion: Surrounding this unit were several plastered (partially plastered) areas, including wall plaster on the west wall, which also descended to a horizontal orientation, becoming what is looking like remnant floor plaster. To the east some more plaster created a boundary, helping to identify the unit as its grey/brown color contrasted with the surrouding white.

The unit was originally interpreted as a make-up layer, understandably so, based on the above outline of the surroundings. But no floor appeared as we worked down and following the outline plaster led to dead ends, where the plaster would simply stop/disappear.

The fill boundary (in section) is somehwat arbitrary despite having to follow the grey-brown region defined in the first paragraph. The choice is reinforced however by the fact that the plaster outline of what might be a crawl hole descends to where the unit's NW edge makes contact with the western wall (and likewise with the crawl hole's plaster outline). Excavation should continue, as the present boundary is arbitrary and was arrived at due to time contraints.

Not fully excavated in 2013. The total volume of deposit will have to be added to if the excavation of this unit is taken up again. 

Consistency: Firm to strong 

Colour: Mixed light grey and light brown 

Texture: Silty-clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal, plaster, stone 

Post-depositional Features: Weathering 

Basal Boundary: Arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30334 

Dry sieve volume: 169 

Total Deposit Volume: 196 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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