ÇATALHÖYÜK 1998 ARCHIVE REPORT 

Inventory of the units in which clay balls were found during the 1998 excavations

Area Unit Weight (grams) Volume (Litres) Density (g/L) Brief Description of Context 
Mellaart 2884 549 35 15.686 Infill of organic material maybe from roof. 2 whole balls 
2856 131 10 13.1 Mudbrick 
2833 270 30 9 Accumulation or dump with ash 
3102 72 25 2.88 Mudbrick 
2836 162 60 2.7 Mudbrick
3314 2842 1345 2.113 Midden or dump w/phytoliths and yellow organics (?) 
2869 156 75 2.08 Midden layer with high amount of bone and plant material 
3113 32 20 1.6 Post hole fill with large amount of clay 
2894 7 5 1.4 Cluster/discard scatter of obsidian 
2857 14 10.5 1.3333 Mortar with high organic content 
3375 234 180 1.3 Dump high in organic content with phytoliths and possible dung 
3115 969 750 1.292 Accumulated deposit w/ashy lenses & abundant in bone and coprolite 
3367 45 35 1.2857 Burial fill 
3143 1412 1160 1.2172 Midden with horse bone; high concentration of phytolith & stone 
2899 645 540 1.1944 Midden, ashy with mudbrick, mortar and plaster 
3364 24 25 0.96 Organic layer high in phytoliths and possible dung 
2739 1611 1820 0.8852 (same as 2899) midden, ashy with mudbrick, mortar and plaster 
2845 1112 1290 0.862 Midden w/ gray ash lenses & charcoal - also coprolites and hackberries 
2846 57 105 0.5429 Midden with charcoal and coprolites 
2853 94 180 0.5222 Pit fill with ash and charcoal 
2840 186 430 0.4326 Possible midden with ashy lenses, bone and charcoal 
3179 59 170 0.3471 House fill (infill) 
2889 129 380 0.3395 Brick and mortar 
3195 89 535 0.1664 Room fill with mixed debris 
3158 105 715 0.1469 Mortar and brick 
2835 3 Data not yet available for this and the following units
2838 930
2839 341
2858 105
2865 4
2876 32
2890 39
2897 99
2898 829
3107 221
3119 67
3120 4
3126 523
3134 220
3140 104
3154 31
3161 45
3163 494
3173 72
3187 2
3191 145
3228 98
3306 204
3307 74
3317 2
3318 8
3335 7
3336 285
3337 25
3343 49
3363 123
3366 495
3369 450
3370 885
3372 26
North 3045 162 15 10.8 fill or dump 
3038 309 30 10.3 fill with large amount of clay 
3034 313 45 6.9556 general dump with high ash and brick content 
3021 722 106 6.8113 fill with ash layers 
2593 222 45 4.9333 midden fill or dump layer 
3080 109 30 3.6333 fill 
3042 67 30 2.2333 fill with high clay content 
3055 1 0.5 2 dump with layered ash layers and charcoal 
3076 269 210 1.281 pit fill with high brick and plaster content 
3210 556 499 1.1142 fill 
3029 8 7.5 1.0667 fill with burnt mortar 
3230 192 210 0.9143 fill with large amount of building material 
3325 4 5 0.8 floor and wall plaster 
3244 53 82 0.6463 building collapse with brick, mortar and plaster 
3011 15 30 0.5 mortar
3235 364 735 0.4952 fill 
3208 369 900 0.41
3057 121 300 0.4033 fill 
3068 136 350 0.3886 fill 
3064 216 580 0.3724 fill 
3015 77 210 0.3667 bricks and mortar 
3233 93 255 0.3647 fill with high amount of building material 
3027 9 25 0.36 fill with burnt clay, plaster and mortar 
3026 95 310 0.3065 dump between two walls 
3066 102 350 0.2914 fill 
2588 188 650 0.2892 wall 
3223 46 165 0.2788 fill 
3217 160 580 0.2759 fill 
2576 98 370 0.2649 wall 
3226 113 435 0.2598 fill 
3079 270 1080 0.25 fill 
3237 92 390 0.2359 fill 
3043 7 30 0.2333 fill with burnt clay 
3060 96 425 0.2259 fill 
2558 797 3670 0.2172 levelling of area with mixture of material 
3050 413 1905 0.2168 fill 
3048 71 330 0.2152 fill 
3231 50 255 0.1961 fill with building material 
3087 286 1500 0.1907 fill 
3098 236 1290 0.1829 fill 
3236 38 210 0.181 collapse 
3073 51 285 0.1789 fill 
3203 238 1345 0.177 fill 
3065 58 360 0.1611 fill 
2580 21 150 0.14 bricks 
2575 4 30 0.1333 mortar 
3044 11 90 0.1222 fill with clay lumps and obsidian above wood pieces 
3069 74 630 0.1175 pit fill 
3081 100 862 0.116 fill 
3222 58 555 0.1045 fill 
2579 98 980 0.1 brick
3061 53 530 0.1 fill, mostly bricks and mortar 
3252 11 120 0.0917 fill above floor 
2596 31 400 0.0775 bricks and mortar 
3039 5 65 0.0769 fill with burned and charred material 
3074 25 330 0.0758 fill 
3047 126 1750 0.072 fill, possibly one event 
3020 7 100 0.07 fill between houses with animal bone, charcoal, mudbrick and ash 
2572 2 30 0.0667 mortar 
3059 30 520 0.0577 fill 
3211 73 1350 0.0541 fill 
3234 12 225 0.0533 fill with large amount of brick and wall 
3225 80 1515 0.0528 fill with high plaster content 
3049 76 1810 0.042 fill 
2592 40 1150 0.0348 wall 
2594 1 30 0.0333 bricks 
3232 4 230 0.0174 fill 
3078 8 960 0.0083 fill 
3221 6 1035 0.0058 fill 
3206 461 Data not yet available for this and the following units
3207 136
3241 11
3242 19
3245 83
3246 129
3262 26
3265 84
3267 5
3269 55
3273 95
3274 6
3277 2
3299 4
3301 71
Bach 2275 30 15 2 fill - burnt 
2204  223 120 1.8583 fill with high bone and clay content 
2291  24 15 1.6 roof
2261  298 210 1.419 collapsed wall with plaster and charcoal 
2298  41 30 1.3667 fill 
2218  229 213 1.0751 fill with high ash and plaster content 
2269  195 205 0.9512 fill above the floor with ash and plaster content 
2262  133 142 0.9366 ashy layer below roof material 
2233  302 365 0.8274 plaster feature 
3502  11 15 0.7333 fill 
2259  114 185 0.6162 collapsed wall with plaster and brick 
2272  69 115 0.6 roof tumble, clayey and ashy 
2221  161 275 0.5855 building fill with high bone and brick content 
2239  179 333 0.5375 building fill with clay and charcoal 
2207  104 208 0.5 building fill with large amount of plaster 
2250  239 499 0.479 platform or room fill with plaster, bone and mudbrick 
2263  11 26 0.4231 burial fill 
2210  11 30 0.3667 Data not yet available for this unit 
2255  364 1014 0.359 fill with high amount of ash, plaster and brick 
2249  119 340 0.35 room fill with plaster brick and charcoal 
3508  10 29 0.3448 burnt bricks with charcoal flecks 
2246  108 315 0.3429 building fill or platform with brick and burnt rubble 
2294  5 15 0.3333 platform 
2209  114 371 0.3073 midden with bone and some clay 
2220  118 400 0.295 grave pit or room fill 
2208  154 524 0.2939 fill with bone stone and charcoal 
3510  12 43 0.2791 post retrieval pit with clayey/brickey soil 
2202  65 235 0.2766 fill with bone and clay 
2222  67 245 0.2735 bricky fill 
2285  24 90 0.2667 fill with burnt plaster 
2226  32 140 0.2286 burial fill with mixed artifacts 
3507  24 125 0.192 fill 
2206  51 275 0.1855 grave fill with charcoal, building material and bone 
2273  40 218 0.1835 roof base or room fill with ash layers 
2256  103 580 0.1776 fill with mixed artifacts 
2274  45 315.5 0.1426 fill with bricks 
2213  81 584 0.1387 fill with bone and clay inclusions 
2252  60 450 0.1333 fill with plaster inclusions 
2247  49 375 0.1307 midden or room fill with high amount of brick 
2201  34 275 0.1236 fill with bone and clay inclusions 
2258  25 210 0.119 fill with high brick content 
2228  43 369 0.1165 pit fill with bone and clay inclusions 
2229  89 865 0.1029 midden or pit fill with bone and charcoal inclusions 
2297  11 142 0.0775 roof with gypsum inclusions 
2203  16 245 0.0653 fill with building material and bone and clay inclusions 
2270  43 840 0.0512 fill above fire installation 
2212  14 435 0.0322 burial fill with burnt clay 
2237  5 167 0.0299 grave fill 
2200  5 216.5 0.0231 fill with bone and clay inclusions 
2230  3 192 0.0156 fill with plaster inclusions 
2223  114 Data not yet available for this and the following units
2224  27
2227  25
2238  185
2266  73
2268  4
2281  295