Unit 30871

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: Bin fill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: bin; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: Primary fill of storage bin f 7198.
This unit was black and full of grain, unlike u.30833 above, which suggests that the bin was used as a grain store. Some of the fill had fallen out through an animal burrow in the bottom part of the bin. The difference between the two contexts was quite clear when excavated. Likewise the base of this context was clearly defined by what is probably the base of the bin. The base is much more compact, dark, and brown/black, has no grain, and was covered by a thin white lens (possible plaster lining?)

Some of the fill fell out of the SE corner animal burrow and was collected at an earlier date.

The S and E walls also collapsed when excavating, so there may be some mix of deposits. The walls were very thin and weakened by the animal burrow. 

Consistency: variable compaction - moderate compaction at bin edges with loose patches in center 

Colour: black 

Texture: charred grain deposit with sandy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrow in SE corner 

Basal Boundary: clear distinct in color, texture and composition 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30874 below: (Click to view the record) 30833 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 7 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): II, III 

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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