Unit 30733

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: Pit fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: This unit was recognized after cut [u.30729] was made clear, and it was obvious that there was more fill to the North of this cut, and that f.7164 was within a much larger pit. The fill was extremely dark, lose, and humus-rich, suggesting a midden deposit, but the very few finds make this an unlikely explanation. It was excavated by trowel. It contained a large amount of small pieces of both Roman and Neolithic mud-brick, suggesting its use as a dump for unused or destroyed structural material. 

Consistency: loose, moist 

Colour: dark grey with patches of orange and light gray 

Texture: sandy clay loam 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: ash lens in W half at base and pieces of Neolithic and Roman mud brick material 

Post-depositional Features: cutting by later pit f.7164 and f.3986, animal burrows, cutting by robber's trench f.3987 

Basal Boundary: clear-- came down on orange Neolithic mud-brick material 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30743 below: (Click to view the record) 30729 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 172 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): 0 

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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