Unit 19216 

Category: Layer    dug in 2010
 
Area: South 
 
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Interpretive Categories: infill and midden 
 
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous
 
Discussion: Clay rich infill of Sp.370 a large amount of plaster collapse was found above the platforms at the eastern side of the space to the south the infill became more midden like but still very clay-rich. Space 370 must have been left open after abandgnment for the plaster fill of the eastern wall and the space was also used as a midden area. A lot of the plaster collapse had traces of red paint.
Clay balls (2) were lying on the east platform. 
 
Recognition: infill of thickness 0.10 m above floors , assigned new unit number to remove finds from rest of infill 
Definition: clear 
Execution: mini mattock and trowel 
Condition: very hot 
Consistency: compact 
Colour: mixed mid brown to mid grey 
Texture: silty clay 
Bedding: massive 
Inclusions: occ bone , pot, obsidian 
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 
Basal Boundary: sharp 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 19230 
below: (Click to view the record) 19219 
equal to: (Click to view the record) 19240 
 
Dry sieve volume: 6465 
Total Deposit Volume: 6496 
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
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): South.O 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

96 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

370 
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: Clay,Faunal 
Finds Material Stored: ,Clay,Faunal,Flint,Obsidian,Organic,Phytolith,plaster,Shell,Stone 
 
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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No
Ceramics Data for 2010 still to be released
Clay Object Records: No
Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 2 
Conservation Recorded: No
Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 346 
Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
GroundStone Records: No
Heavy Residue Records: No
Microfaunal Records: No
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Phytolith Sample: No
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