Unit 8093

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: levelling layer 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: dump of mortar and clay silt in the NE corner of building 10 - consisted of a mix of plaster/mortar and yellow clay silt. Last in a sequence of dumps. Presumbably to raise the floor level in the area of the building...
Other dumps 8089, 8090 may all have been laid at similar time i.e. One sequence of events. To level up area to floor layer 8087 

Recognition: difference in colour and texture 

Definition: moderately well defined as the lowest in a sequence of dumps 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: orange-brown (tan) and cream - light grey/brown 

Texture: silt 

Bedding: compact 

Inclusions: pot, bone, quernstone 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: very clear, flat, distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10619 below: (Click to view the record) 8090 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 9 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

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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