Unit 8263

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: packing 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 135cm E-W X 190 cm N-S 

Discussion: Unit consists of 3-5 cms of heterogeneous packing material above floor 8 (below gray brown packing 8257 below floor 7). The packing was very thick in some areas -e.g. the northern half of the unit and thin in other areas ( e.g. southern area, especially near lip pf platform). The soil was primarily orangish-brown, interspersed with patches of grey soil. Immediately above the floor layer ( whitish yellowish floor) there was a grey-brown layer. This was taken as a separate flotation sample (S.9). The two other flotation sample (S5 and S6) were separated from each other simply to control for the size of the sample. By the corner of the packing, there was a redeposited oven-like feature. At first we thought it might be an oven so we excavated outward from the center. After we defined its edges by excavating the rest of the packing in the unit it became apparent that this was not an in situ oven, but an oven that was redeposited as packing. Unfortunatly when this material was removed, the thin floor layer stuck to the oven-like packing. In these central areas the floor was no longer present- the floor when cleared for the photos therefore (looked " dirty" or brownish in these areas. The western border of the platform appears to be running under the lip of the floor in space 606? Immediately adjacent to the eastern platform. (It resembles the southern edge of the northwest platform). The northern and southern edges of the eastern platform. Have obvious lips going upward; the eastern edge is the eastern wall. There is furrows or rut which runs between the eastern wall and the eastern part of the platform. No evidence of burial cuts was apparent when the floor was cleared. The same cracks which were apparent on floor 7 are visible in floor 8.
2nd sample 7 ICP, S8 phosphate, sample 7 taken on soil immediately above the white floor (like 3rd flotation sample S9).
Architectural sample S10; NE corner of eastern platform had a block which consisted of several floor layers. This was removed for M. Ashley in one block. The x,y,z coordinates corresponded to the bottom of the block at floor 8 of the platform. 

Recognition: orange-gray mottled packing; clear distinction 

Definition: edge of eastern platform (N-S, W); eastern wall 

Execution: leaf trowels, trowels, brushes 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: very hard in most of unit; friable, loose in central area. 

Colour: 10 YR 6/2 (light grey brown), 10 YR 6/4 (llight yellow brown) 

Texture: clay and silty loam 

Bedding: layered: orange-grey packing with small bits of plaster, immediately above floor 

Inclusions: charcoal, animal bone 

Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance, root disturbance 

Basal Boundary: white-yellow floor 8 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8257 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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