Unit 8854

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: midden - arbitrary layer 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

Dimensions: 9.00 (E-W) x 5.60m (N-S) x 0.10m 

Discussion: An arbitrary layertaken off the midden deposit filling the sp. 226 (street). Taken off in a spit of about 10 cm in depth. Typical midden deposit,heavily mixed with construction rubble towards the N extent of the unit. Even though this unit stratigraphically lies beneath several other units, it was decided to begin with its removal in order to clarify the situation within the space and to reveal the surrounding walls.
A complete stamp seal with geometric design and a pottery sherd with a projection shaped as an animal (bull's) head (the horns are broken) came from this layer (the dry sieve). Several stone beads were found while dry sieving.
The stamp seal, x1 is envanter 5

No plan and no levels. (FS 24.6.09). Unit may be roughly equivalent to 12110 in Sp 275. Depth taken from this discussion CAH 09/12/09. 

Recognition: blackish ashy deposits filling sp. 226 - ''the street'' 

Definition: clear tounclear due to erosion processes and mixture 

Execution: hoe, trowel, mattock 

Condition: mostly dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: black and gray - ash; yellow and red - brick and mortar 

Texture: ashy silt and clay with organic remains 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: bone, pottery sherds, stone, building material, charcoal, obsidian flakes 

Post-depositional Features: salts, plant roots, animal holes 

Basal Boundary: wavy, sloping from W to E 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8859, 8874 below: (Click to view the record) 8853 equal to:12110?

Dry sieve volume: 3700 

Total Deposit Volume: 3702 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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