Unit 2539 

Category: layer    dug in 1997
 
Area: North 
 
Interpretive Categories: foundation fill 
 
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous
 
Dimensions: 2 x 0.5 m 
 
Discussion: Very mixed interface between the 2 deposits NE corner especially a combination of what was above it . NW corner very clay . Sloping down at an angle and so looks as though it has been dumped from north wall. 
 
Execution: pick& trovel 
Condition: windy & cold 
Consistency: strength varies as mixed deposit - some is very dense+ strong, other part is weak . 
Colour: 10 YR 4/4 (some inclusions, 2cm, of 10 YR 6/8 + 10 YR 5/1 ) 
Texture: sandy clay loam ? - some pure clay - mixed 
Bedding: unoriented 
Inclusions: charcoal <2% , chalky substance some white siliceous plant remains near edge , some very small roots patchy deposit -dark brown - light brown- orange, occassional fragmented animal bone + occassional fragmented animal bone + occassional lumps of plaster. 
Post-depositional Features: some small roots 
Basal Boundary: Dumped , clear-gradual, distinct-faint, smooth-wavy, inclined ( ~ 20 degrees) surface = fairly flat 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 2502, 2530, 2518, 2548, 2535, 2556, 2544, 2542, 2533 
below: (Click to view the record) 2540, 2188, 2181 
equal to: (Click to view the record) 2162, 2508, 2196, 2180, 2546, 2162, 2555 
 
Dry sieve volume: 70 
Total Deposit Volume: 100 
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
 
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): NORTH.?G 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

1 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

71 
Features::

none 

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: Archive,Building Material,Charcoal,Faunal,Obsidian,shell,Stone 
 
Lab Team Data

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ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Ceramic Records: Yes
Ceramics GID List: (Click to view the record)

2539.S1 
Clay Object Records: No
Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Conservation Recorded: No
Faunal Records: No
Figurine Records: No
GroundStone Records: No
Heavy Residue Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Microfaunal Records: No
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Phytolith Sample: No
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