Abu Hureyra 2

Trench D Levels

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Level Classification Key
  F - floor
  W - mudbrick wall
  M - collapsed mudbrick or mudbrick debris
  K - mudbrick fill
  L - clay fill
  S - mudbrick or mud wash
  H - hearth or firepit
  P - pit
  C - occupation debris
  B - burial
  R - animal burrow
  X - mixed deposit
  N - natural surface
  I - indoors (at time of use)
  O - outdoors (at time of use)

Level
number
Level
number as dug
Phase
Level
description
Level
Classification
Indoors or
Outdoors
1
72/1
6
 weathered grey ashy soil
CX
O
2
72/2
6
 ashy pit filling
P
O
3
72/3
5
 black ashy occupation soil
C
O
4
72/4
5
 mudbrick collapse and wash with ashy occupation soil
MC
O
5
72/5
5
 mudbrick wall
W
I
6
72/6
5
 black ashy occupation soil
CH
O
7
72/7
6
 ashy pit fill
P
O
8
72/8
5
 mudbrick wall and ashy occupation soil
WC
I
9
72/9
4
 grey ashy soil
C
O
10
72/10
4
 dark ashy soil with mudbrick fragments
MC
O
11
72/11
6
 dark ashy soil, upper fill of pit
PCX
O
12
72/12
4
 mudbrick wall and associated collapse (same as 106)
WM
I
13
72/13
4
 weathered ashy soil and mudwash
CS
O
14
72/14
4
 pit containing Bos primigenius skull, occupation debris and brick fragments
PCM
O
15
72/15
3
 mudbrick wall
W
I
16
72/16
4
 grey ashy pit fill
PCX
O
17
72/17
6
 grey ashy pit fill
P
O
18
72/18
5
 ashy soil with mudbrick fragments
CM
O
19
72/19
5
 ashy soil
C
O
20
72/20
5
 burned mudbrick wall and occupation soil
W
I
21
72/21
5
 small pit
P
O
22
72/22
5
 mudbrick fragments with occupation debris
SC
O
23
72/23
4
 wash and occupation debris
SC
O
24
72/24
5
 floors and mudbrick wash
FS
O
25
72/25
4
 mudbrick wall
W
I
26
72/26
4
 mudwash, surfaces, occupation soil and ash
FSC
O
27
72/27
4
 mudbrick wall and collapse
WMS
I
28
72/28
4
 mudbrick collapse and wash
MS
O
29
72/29
4
 plaster and mud floor
F
I
30
72/30
4
 ashy occupation soil with mud wash
CS
O
31
72/31
4
 mudbrick was with occupation soil
CS
O
32
72/32
6
 redeposited ashy occupation soil in pit
PCX
O
33
72/33
4
 small firepit with ash
H
O
34
72/34
4
 ashy soil with many flints and bones
C
O
35
72/35
4
 burned occupation soil
CS
O
36
72/36
4
 ash and mudbrick wash
CS
O
37
72/37
4
 firepit with ash
H
O
38
72/38
4
 burned clay fragments and occupation soil
FC
O
39
72/39
6
 silty ashy occupation soil in pit
PCX
O
40
72/40
6
 silt at bottom of pit
PS
O
41
72/41
4
 ashy occupation debris
C
O
42
72/42
4
 mudbrick wash, plaster floors
SCF
O
43
72/43
4
 dark ashy surfaces
C
O
44
72/44
4
 mudbrick wash, plaster and floors
FSC
O
45
72/45
4
 mudbrick wall
W
O
46
72/46
4
 mudbrick wall
W
O
47
72/47
4
 mudbrick collapse with occupation soil
MC
O
48
72/48
4
 mudwash with ash
SC
O
49
72/49
4
 ash fill of firepit
H
O
50
72/50
4
 ashy floor
FC
O
51
72/51
4
 mudwash with ashy occupation
SC
O
52
72/52
4
 burned clay surface
FSC
O
53
72/53
4
 wash
S
O
54
72/54
4
 clay wash with occupation soil
SC
O
55
72/55
4
 dark ashy soil
C
O
56
72/56
4
 clay wash
S
O
57
72/57
4
 ash and wash
SC
O
58
72/58
4
 clay wash with occupation soil
SC
O
59
72/59
4
 ash and occupation soil
C
O
60
72/60
4
 clay floor on pebbles, ashy occupation and wash
FSC
O
61
72/61
4
 mudbrick wall with stones
W
O
62
72/62
4
 mudwash, ash and occupation soil
SC
O
63
72/63
3
 mudbrick collapse, occupation soil and floor surfaces
FMC
O
64
72/64
4
 ashy occupation soil
C
I
65
72/65
4
 ashy, bricky soil
MC
O
66
72/66
4
 mudwash, occupation soil and hearths
SC
O
67
72/67
2, 3
 mudbrick collapse, occupation soil and floors
MCF
I
68
72/68
4
 ash
C
O
69
72/69
4
 clay floor and wash
FS
O
70
72/70
1
 brown occupation, pebbles and white plaster floor (same as 79)
CF
I
71
72/71
2
 mudbrick wall (same as 76, 77, 169)
W
I
72
72/72
4
 base of mudbrick wall
W
I
73
72/73
1
 natural clay surface with a little occupation
NC
O
74
72/74
4
 dark ashy occupation surfaces
FCS
O
75
72/75
3
 mudbrick collapse, disturbed by animal burrows
MRX
I
76
72/76
2
 mudbrick wall (same as 71, 77, 169)
W
I
77
72/77
2
 mudbrick wall (same as 71, 76, 169)
W
I
78
72/78
4
 ashy occupation surfaces
FCS
O
79
72/79
1
 occupation soil, pebbles and white plaster floor (same as 70)
CF
I
80
72/80
 
 natural clay and pebble surface
N
O
81
72/81
4
 clay wash with occupation soil
SC
O
82
72/82
3
 ashy occupation levels
CX
O
83
72/83
4
 black ash stones
CX
O
84
72/84
 
 natural pebble surface
N
O
85
72/85
3
 mudwash, surfaces on pebble make-up with occupation soil
SCF
O
86
72/86
3
 ashy occupation levels
CX
O
87
72/87
 
 natural rock surface
N
O
88
73/1
4
 dark ashy soil with mudbrick fragments
CM
O
89
73/2
4
 ashy occupation soil with floor surfaces
CF
I
90
73/3
4
 pit fill
PC
I
91
73/4
4
 ashy soil, mudbrick fragments and stones
CM
O
92
73/5
3
 mudbrick collapse
M
O
93
73/6
3
 mudbrick fill
K
I
94
73/7
4
 dark ashy soil with mudbrick
CM
O
95
73/8
4
 dark ashy soil with mudbrick fragments
CM
O
96
73/9
4
 mudbrick collapse with occupation soil (same as 97)
MC
O
97
73/10
4
 mudbrick collapse with occupation soil (same as 96)
MC
O
98
73/11
4
 clay floors with occupation soil
FC
I
99
73/12
4
 dark ashy soil with floors
CF
O
100
73/13
3
 clay and plaster floors
F
I
101
73/14
3
 clay floors
F
I
102
73/15
4
 ashy wash with floor surfaces (same as 107)
CFS
O
103
73/16
4
 dark ashy wash, floor surfaces and hearths
CFSH
O
104
73/17
4
 dark ashy wash, floor surfaces and hearths
CFSH
O
105
73/18
3
 dark ashy soil with floor surfaces
CF
O
106
73/19
4
 mudbrick walls (same as 12)
W
I
107
73/20
4
 ashy wash with floor surfaces (same as 102)
CFS
O
108
73/21
3
 mudbrick slump with floors
MF
I
109
73/22
3
 dark ashy occupation with stones, floors
FC
O
110
73/23
3
 mudbrick collapse (same as 112)
M
O
111
73/24
3
 mudbrick collapse
M
I
112
73/25
3
 mudbrick collapse (same as 110)
M
O
113
73/26
3
 mudwash with black occupation soil
SC
O
114
73/27
3
 dark ashy hearth fill
H
I
115
73/28
3
 mudwash with black occupation soil, many flints
SC
O
116
73/29
3
 mudwash, occupation soil and clay floors
SCF
O
117
73/30
3
 mudwash with occupation soil, some floors
MCF
O
118
73/31
3
 hearth, black soil with burned stones
H
O
119
73/32
3
 mudwash, clay floors and occupation soil
SFC
O
120
73/33
3
 plaster floor with occupation soil
FC
O
121
73/34
3
 clay floors
F
I
122
73/35
2
 occupation soil in pit
P
I
123
73/36
3
 small pit
P
I
124
73/37
2
 niche in wall 170
W
I
125
73/38
3
 cut into wall 130 (same as 130)
W
I
126
73/39
3
 clay surfaces with occupation
LC
O
127
73/40
3
 animal burrow
R
I
128
73/41
3
 animal burrow
R
I
129
73/42
3
 floor surfaces with occupation
FC
O
130
73/43
3
 mudbrick wall (same as 125)
W
I
131
73/44
2
 plaster and clay floors
F
I
132
73/45
3
 Neolithic burial
B
I
133
73/46
2
 Neolithic burial pit
B
I
134
73/47
3
 hearth with charcoal and black soil
H
O
135
73/48
2
 clay floors and occupation soil
FC
O
136
73/49
2
 two adjacent small firepits
H
O
137
73/50
2
 floor with occupation soil
FC
O
138
73/51
2
 occupation soil
C
O
139
73/52
2
 clay floor
F
I
140
73/53
2
 large firepit with white ash, charcoal and occupation soil
HC
O
141
73/54
2
 clay wash and occupation
SC
O
142
73/55
2
 clay floor
F
O
143
73/56
2
 ashy pit fill with clay
P
I
144
73/57
2
 clay surface with pebbles and occupation soil
FC
O
145
73/58
2
 clay wash and occupation soil
SC
O
146
73/59
2
 red pebbly clay, floor make-up (same as 149, 155)
FL
I
147
73/60
2
 white ash and occupation soil
C
O
148
73/61
1
 hearth
H
I
149
73/62
2
 red pebbly clay, floor make-up (same as 146, 155)
FL
I
150
73/63
2
 ashy mudwash
SC
O
151
73/64
2
 clay wash and occupation soil, pebbles
SC
O
152
73/65
2
 mudwash and ashes
SC
O
153
73/66
1
 occupation with ashy patches and wash
SC
O
154
73/67
1
 hearth, black occupation soil
H
I
155
73/68
2
 clay floor on hard pebbly base (same as 146, 149)
FL
I
156
73/69
1
 occupation soil (same as 158, 159)
C
O
157
73/70
1
 clay floor (same as 155)
F
O
158
73/71
1
 occupation soil (same as 156, 159)
C
O
159
73/72
1
 ashy occupation soil (same as 156, 158)
C
O
160
73/73
1
 clay floor on hard pebbly base with occupation soil
FC
O
161
73/74
1
 red clay
F
I
162
73/75
2
 bottom of pit, beneath 122
P
I
163
73/76
2
 mudwash and occupation soil
SC
O
164
73/77
1
 ashy occupation soil
C
O
165
73/78
2
 red pebbly clay fill (same as 167, 171)
L
I
166
73/79
2
 mudwash, surfaces and occupation soil
SFC
O
167
73/80
2
 red pebbly clay fill (same as 165, 171)
L
I
168
73/81
2
 occupation soil
C
I
169
73/82
2
 mudbrick wall (same as 71, 76, 79)
S
I
170
73/83
2
 mudbrick wall
W
I
171
73/84
2
 red pebbly clay fill with occupation soil (same as 165, 167)
LC
I
172
73/85
2
 occupation soil
C
I
173
73/86
1
 ashy occupation soil
C
O
174
73/87
2
 mudwash and ashy occupation soil
SC
O
175
73/88
2
 clay wash and occupation soil
SC
O
176
73/89
1
 ashy pit filling
PC
O
177
73/90
1
 hard red pebbly surface
F
O
178
73/91
2
 brown occupation soil
C
O
179
73/92
1
 dark soil in bottom of pit
PC
O
180
73/93
2
 brown occupation soil and wash (same as 181)
C
O
181
73/94
2
 brown occupation soil and wash (same as 180)
C
O
182
73/95
1
 white plaster floor
F
I
183
73/96
2
 mudbrick wall
W
I