Unit 18404 

Category: Layer    dug in 2009
 
Area: South 
 
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Interpretive Categories: Trample / surface,Wash deposit 
 
Data Category Information: none
 
Dimensions: 2 x 1.3 x 0.04 m 
 
Discussion: Layer of clay silt - originally believed to be a floor or surface. Most lines formed from wash post-Mellaart. On a thick floor. Event truncated to the south by Neolithic pit (not Mellaart).

Contained some burnt brick crush interface in pit (18408)

1 base shard pottery - may be contamination (appears to be a late form) 
 
Recognition: Above cut feature SW corner 
Definition: Clear 
Execution: Trowel excavated 
Condition: Hot 
Consistency: Firm 
Colour: Mid greyish brown 
Texture: Clay silt 
Bedding: Massive 
Inclusions: Moderate animal bone (all from DS), small finds, very occ pottery, base shard (poss contamination) 
Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows 
Basal Boundary: Sharp 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 18407 
below: (Click to view the record) 12518 
 
Dry sieve volume: 15 
Total Deposit Volume: 39 
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): Unassigned at present 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

76 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

137 
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: nothing recorded  
 
Lab Team Data

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ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Ceramics Data for 2009 still to be released
Clay Object Records: No
Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Conservation Recorded: No
Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 12 
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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