Abu Hureyra 2

Trench B Levels

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Level
Number

Level Number as Dug

Phase

Level
Description

Level
Class

Indoors or
Outdoors

1

72/1

11

grey ashy soil

CX

O

2

72/2

11

grey ashy soil

CX

O

3

72/3

11

modern burial, grey ashy soil (same as 4)

BX

O

4

72/4

11

modern burial, grey ashy soil (same as 3)

BX

O

5

72/5

11

modern burial

B

O

6

72/6

10

grey ashy soil, mudbrick fragments

CM

O

7

72/7

10

ashy soil, decayed mudbrick (same as 16,
17, 18, 19)

CM

O

8

72/8

11

modern pit, grey ashy, mudbrick fragments

P

O

9

72/9

10

grey ashy soil, mudbrick
fragments (same as 13)

CM

O

10

72/10

10

dark grey ashy soil

C

O

11

72/11

10

dark grey ashy soil, mudbrick fragments

CMX

O

12

72/12

11

modern burial, some stones

B

O

13

72/13

10

grey ashy soil, mudbrick
fragments (same as 9)

CM

O

14

72/14

11

modern burial, brown ashy soil

B

O

15

72/15

10

broken mudbrick, some stones

M

I

16

72/16

10

greey ashy soil, pebbles (same as 7,17,18,19)

C

O

17

72/17

10

grey ashy soil, pebbles
(same as 7, 16, 18, 19)

C

O

18

72/18

10

grey ashy soil, pebbles
(same as 7, 16, 17, 19)

C

O

19

72/19

10

grey ashy soil, decayed mudbrick, pebbles (same as 7,16,17,18)

CM

O

20

72/20

9

mudbrick wash, ashes

SC

O

21

72/21

9

mudbrick wash

S

O

22

72/22

11

pit filling, brown ashy soil

P

O

23

72/23

11

modern burial pit

BX

O

24

72/24

11

modern burial pit, brown ashy soil

BX

O

25

72/25

11

pit filling, brown ashy soil, some stones

P

O

26

72/26

10

dark grey ashy, some stones (same as 28)

C

O

27 72/27 11 modern burial pit B O
28 72/28 10 dark grey ashy occupation soil, some stones (same as 26) C O
29 72/29 10 pit filling P O
30 72/30 10 mudbrick collapse, wash and ash SC O
31 72/31 9 weathered mudbrick wall M I
32 72/32 10 pit filling, grey ashy, decayed mudbrick P O
33 72/33 10 grey ashy occupation soil, stones P O
34 72/34 10 mudbrick wall, collapse, ashy occupation soil WMC I
35 72/35 11 modern burial pit filling, mudbrick collapse and grey ash BX O
36 72/36 11 modern burial, brown ashy B O

37

72/37

10

grey stony

CX

I

38

72/38

10

mudbrick collapse, plaster

M

I

39

74/39

10

occupation soil, floor surfaces, hearths

CFH

O

40

72/40

9

occupation soil, mud-
brick wash, hearths
(same as 43, 69)

CSH

O

41

72/41

9

mudbrick collapse

M

I

42

72/42

9

occupation soil, ashy, mudbrick wash

CS

O

43

72/43

9

occupation soil, ashy
mudbrick wash, hearths
(same as 40, 69)

CSH

O

44

72/44

10

mudbrick collapse

M

I

45

72/45

9

floor surfaces, patches of white plaster

F

O

46

72/46

9

floor surfaces in mudbrick collapse

FM

O

47

72/47

10

mudbrick collapse, plaster (same as 48)

M

I

48

72/48

10

mudbrick collapse (same as 47)

M

I

49

72/49

10

pit filling

P

O

50

72/50

11

modern burial

BX

O

51

72/51

9

mudbrick collapse

M

O

52

72/52

10

Neolithic burial

B

O

53

72/53

9

thin floor surfaces, occupation soil, mudbrick wash, plaster

FSC

O

54

72/54

9

mudbrick wall (same as 85)

W

 

55

72/55

10

pit filling, black occupation soil

P

O

56

72/56

9

mudbrick wash, occupation soil

SC

O

57

72/57

10

animal burrow, occupation soil

RX

 

58

72/58

10

mudbrick collapse, plaster (same as 60)

M

I

59

72/59

10

section cleaning

X

 

60

72/60

10

mudbrick collapse, plaster (same as 58)

M

I

61

72/61

10

mudbrick collapse, plaster, occupation on
floor surface

MCF

I

62

72/62

9

mudbrick collapse, occupation soil
(same as 75

SO

I

63

72/63

10

Neolithic burial

B

I

64

72/64

10

mudbrick collapse

M

O

65

72/65

9

mudbrick collapse, wash, plaster

MS

O

66

72/66

9

mudbrick collapse, wash, plaster

MS

O

67

72/67

10

occupation soil, mud-
brick wash, plaster

CSX

I

68

72/68

9

occupation soil, mudbrick wash, ash

CS

O

69

73/1

9

occupation soil,
mudbrick wash
(same as 40, 43)

SC

O

70

73/2

8

mudbrick wash, plaster,
occupation soil

SC

O

71

73/3

9

occupation soil, collapsed plaster

CX

I

72

73/4

9

firepit, ash and charcoal

H

O

73

73/5

9

large pit containing heavily-burned occupa-
tion debris, mudbrick
wash (same as 102)

PCS

O

74

73/6

9

mudbrick fragments, occupation

MC

I

75

73/7

9

mudbrick wash, plaster
(same as 62)

S

I

76

73/8

9

collapsed mudbrick

MX

I

77

73/9

9

firepit, ashy soil

H

I

78

73/10

9

Neolithic burial pit

B

I

79

73/11

9

mudbrick collapse

M

O

80

73/12

9

mudbrick collapse

M

I

81

73/13

9

trodden mud floor

F

I

82

73/14

9

trodden earth floor

F

I

83

73/15

9

occupation debris, plaster fragments
room fill

C

O

84

73/15A

8

mudbrick collapse

M

I

85

73/16

9

mudbrick wall
(same as 54)

W

I

86

73/17

9

mudbrick wall

W

I

87

73/18

11

modern burial, brown soil

B

O

88

73/19

9

mudbrick collapse of 89

M

I

89

73/20

9

mudbrick wall
(same as 105)

W

I

90

73/21

8

fill of mudbrick, plaster
fragments occupation debris (same as 116)

K

I

91

73/22

9

firepit, ashy fill

H

O

92

73/23

8

mudbrick wall

W

I

93

73/24

8

pit filling, brown, charcoal, stones

PX

I

94

73/25

8

mudbrick collapse

M

O

95

73/26

9

firepit, ashy, charcoal

H

O

96

73/27

8

mudbrick collapse

M

O

97

73/28

8

mudbrick wall

W

I

98

73/29

9

firepit, ashy fill

H

O

99

73/30

10
11

extension of trench east, north and west: ashy
occupation debris, modern burals

BCX

O

100

73/31

9

extension of trench east, north and west: occupa-
tion debris and mudbrick collapse

CMX

OI

101

73/32

8

mudbrick collapse, wash, occupation debris
burned Neolithic burials
(same as 112,122,123)

BMS

I

102

73/33

9

large pit containing heavily-burned occupa-
tion debris, ash, charcoal, mudbrick wash and stones
(same as 73)

PCS

O

103

73/34

11

modern burial pit

B

O

104

73/34

9

mudbrick wall

W

I

105

73/36

9

mudbrick wall and associated collapse (same as 89)

WM

I

106

73/37

9

mudbrick wall

W

I

107

73/38

8

mudbrick wall

W

I

108

73/39

9

mudbrick wall
(same as 114)

W

I

109

73/40

9

mudbrick collapse, plaster

M

I

110

73/41

9

mudbrick wash, plaster

S

I

111

73/42

9

mudbrick wall

W

I

112

73/43

8

mudbrick wash, occupa-
tion debris (same as 101, 122, 133)

MS

I

113

73/44

9

brown wash with plaster fragments

S

I

114

73/45

9

mudbrick wall
(same as 108)

W

I

115

73/46

8

mudbrick wall between rooms 1 and 2
(same as 157)

W

I

116

73/47

8

fill of mudbrick and plaster fragment
(same as 90)

K

I

117

73/48

8

mudbrick wall, rebuild of 119

W

I

118

73/49

9

mudbrick wall, rebuild of 117

W

I

119

73/50

8

mudbrick wall

W

I\

120

73/51

9

pit fill of mudbrick, plaster and occupation
debris

PKCX

X

121

73/52

8

mudbrick wall

W

I

122

73/53

8

mudbrick collapse and mudwash (same as
101, 112, 123)

MS

I

123

73/54

8

mudbrick collapse and occupation debris (same
as 101, 111, 122)

MC

I

124

73/55

8

firepit, black earth

H

I

125

73/56

8

mudbrick wall (same as 139)

M

I

126

73/57

8

Neolithic burial, mud-brick and plaster col-
lapse, in room 3

BM

I

127

73/58

8

Neolithic burials, black, ashy soil, in room 3

BC

I

128

73/59

8

Neolithic burials, mud-
brick fragments in
room 3

BM

I

129

73/60

8

top of mudbrick wall 140 (same as 140, 156)

W

I

130

73/61

9

pit filling, mudbrick fragments and occupa-
tion soil

P

I

131

73/62

9

pit filling, mudbrick fragments and
occupation soil

P

I

132

73/63

8

hard-stamped earth floor in room 2

F

I

133

73/64

8

mudbrick collapse in room 1

M

I

134

73/65

8

Neolithic burial pit in room 3

B

I

135

73/66

8

burrow in top of wall 92

R

I

136

73/67

8

fill of mudbrick, plaster fragments and occupa-
tion debris in room

KC

I

137

73/68

8

mudbrick blocking of doorway in wall 139

W

I

138

73/69

8

plaster floor in doorway

F

I

139

73/70

8

mudbrick wall (same as 125)

W

I

140

73/71

8

mudbrick wall (same as 129,156)

W

I

141

73/72

8

firepit, ashy fill

H

O

142

73/73

8

plaster floor and hard pebbly fill beneath (same
as 154, 161)

F

I

143

73/74

8

mudwash and ashy occupation debris in lane

SC

O

144

73/75

8

soft brown filling of Neolithic burial pit in
room 2 (same as 153)

B

I

145

73/76

8

white plaster floor and fill beneath in room 1

FMC

I

146

73/77

8

mudbrick wall

W

I

147

73/78

8

mudwash, occupation material and floor
surfaces in lane

SFC

O

148

73/79

8

plaster floor and bricky fill beneath in room 1

FK

I

149

73/80

8

black ashy pit filling in room 1

P

I

150

73/81

8

patchy plaster floor in room 1

F

I

151

73/82

8

mudbrick wall
occupation debris

W

I

153

73/84

8

filling of Neolithic burial pit, room 2 (same as 144)

B

I

154

73/85

8

plaster floor and fill under 142 (same as
142, 161)

F

I

155

73/86

8

mudbrick debris in lane

M

O

156

73/87

8

mudbrick wall (same as 129,140)

W

I

157

73/88

8

part of mudbrick wall (same as 115)

W

I

158

73/89

8

level under floor 154

K

I

159

73/90

8

Neolithic burials

B

I

160

73/91

8

Neolithic child burial in wall 139

B

I

161

73/92

8

plaster floor under wall 139 (same as 142, 154)

F

I

162

73/93

7

grey ashy occupation soil with charcoal,
mudbrick collapse

CFM

I

163

73/94

7

grey ashy occupation soil, mudbrick collapse

CM

I

164

73/95

7

loose fill of room 1, occupation debris and
mudbrick fragments

M

I

165

73/96

7

room 2 fill, mudbrick and plaster fragments

M

I

166

73/97

8

Neolithic child burial in pit in wall

B

I

167

73/98

7

room 1 fill; red pebbles and plaster fragments

M

I

168

73/99

7

room 2 fill; mudbrick collapse and occupation
soil

MC

I

169

73/100

7

pit filling, room 1, in floor 177

P

I

170

73/101

7

post socket filling in top of wall

C

I

171

73/102

7

burned mudbrick collapse in room 2

M

I

172

73/103

6

black plaster floor on red clay fill

F

I

173

73/104

7

feature with reed impressed plaster, north
corner of room 1

C

I

174

73/105

7

rodent burrow in floor 177

R

I

175

73/106

7

fill of oval niche in wall 178

C

I

176

73/107

7

firepit with red bricky fill in northeast corner
of room 2 containing many stones

H

I

177

73/108

7

clay and plaster floor with mud wash and
occupation soil

FSC

I

178

73/109

7

mudbrick wall, dividing two rooms of building

W

I

179

73/110

6

posthole in floor

C

I

180

73/111

6

black plaster floor on red clay fill

F

I

181

73/112

6

hearth in west corner of room

H

I

182

73/113

6

black plaster floor on red clay fill

F

I

183

73/114

6

black plaster floor

F

I

184

73/115

6

pit in west corner of room containing loose
soil and stones

P

I

185

73/116

6

patch of white plaster between hearths 189 and 176

F

I

186

73/117

6

two plaster floors on red clay fill

F

I

187

73/118

6

black plaster floor on red clay fill

F

I

188

73/119

6

hearth in floor 187, containing ash and burned clay

H
I

189

73/120

6

hearth of mudbrick, ash and stones

H

I

190

73/121

5

floors and packed red clay fill

F

I

191

73/122

5

clay floor on pebble and red clay fill

F

I

192

73/123

5

mudbrick and clay fill

K

I

193

73/124

5

black plaster floor on red clay make-up

F

I

194

73/125

5

hearth in floor 193, containing ash and burned clay

H

I

195

73/126

5

black plaster floor on red clay make-up

F

I

196

73/127

5

red clay around hearth

K

I

197

73/128

5

black plaster floor on red clay make-up; red painted design

F

I

198

73/129

5

firepit, filled with ashes

H

I

199

73/130

5

black plaster floor on red clay make-up

F

I

200

73/131

5

firepit contining burned clay and stones

H

I

201

73/132

5

black plaster floor on red clay make-up

F

I

202

73/133

5

fire black plaster floors, red clay make-up between

F

I

203

73/134

5

clay floor, red clay and ash

FC

I

204

73/135

4

mudbrick fill, plaster fragments, clay floors
and ash

KFC

I

205

73/136

4

mudbrick pit fill, plaster
fragments and ash

PKC

I

206

73/137

3

mudbrick collapse and occupation debris

MC

I

207

73/138

3

mudbrick wall

W

I

208

73/139

4

mudbrick wall

W

I

209

73/140

3

firepit containing burned clay, stones and charcoal

H

I

210

73/141

3

mudbrick wall

W

I

211

73/142

3

black plaster floor

F

I

212

73/143

3

clay and mudbrick fill

K

I

213

73/144

3

black plaster floors and red clay

F

I

214

73/145

3

clay floor

F

I

215

73/146

2

occupation and mudbrick debris

MC

I

216

73/147

2

red clay fill

K

I

217

73/148

2

burned clay wall collapse

M

I

218

73/149

2

firepit filled with ash and stones

H

I

219

73/150

2

two black plaster floors

F

I

220

73/151

2

two black plaster floors

F

I

221

73/152

1

black plaster floors on the natural subsoil, red clay fill between

F

I