Unit 8218
Category: layer dug in 2001
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: packing
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 90cm N-S X 98cm E-W
Discussion: Removal of localized floor surface -very little plaster only in patches and a small semicircular (~2cm thick) area near the oven (F. 646). This will all be taken as one unit and taken to the level of the white floor in the southern area of unit 8211. See sketch. The packing was incredibly thick (~ 20cm) and extended from the basin lip (8211) to the oven feature. The packing was very heterogenous with some areas (esp. near the oven) displaying burning. There was also a change in the contours of the packing near the oven where the localized patch of floor had been. In the central area the packing also gave way to an interesting sandy layer directly above the white floor. Was this a packing technique? Currrently, it appears as if the western interior wall rests on to of a previous floor so we will need to take that out completley to expose our floors. We will also need to take out the oven (F. 646) fairly soon.
The black sooty deposits near the oven on the packing-type material will be taken as sample 3. - Once the area near the oven (F. 646) and pit (F. 750) were exposed further I realized that the area where the floor becomes irregular is actually a feature that lies under what was the semi-circular loacalized floor I discussed earlier. Thus, when a feature number is assigned, S3 will belong to that feature.
S4 is the organic/ black "crust" that is directly above the white floor. This is patchy in most areas but is abundant in the areas near the former F. 758 and screen wall.
This feature goes below both the oven (F. 646), the pit (F. 750).
*** there is a large animal hole that begins in this unit (under the packing) and appears to continue through the oven (F. 646)
Recognition: texture and color
Definition: unclear/diffuse
Execution: trowel and pick
Condition: dry
Consistency: firm
Colour: S2- 10Y 6/3- but very heteorgenous S3- 10YR 3/1; S4 2.5 Y 7/1
Texture:
Bedding: massive yet heterogenous
Inclusions:
Post-depositional Features: roots and animals holes
Basal Boundary: whit plaster floor
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 110
Total Deposit Volume: 133
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2001 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 23 Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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