Unit 1439

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: platform step 

Data Category Information: Description: very mixed

Dimensions: 1.3m w-e, 0.7m+ n-s 

Discussion: 'Wall' of platform consisting of plaster surfaces, and 2 types of brick/mortar/ packing core overlying orange sandy sub-floor make-up 1434. Series of floors associated with it (see sketch section). Top truncated, perhaps by floor levelling associated with 1224 or later F20. Dry Sieve Information: Not dry sieved but may have hand picked finds 

Execution: Hand pick 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Moderately firm 

Colour: 5YR 5/6 (yellowish red) 5/3 (reddish brown) 

Texture: Silty clay loam 

Bedding: Layered (vertically) 

Inclusions: Plaster flecks 5% <0.5cm, phytoliths 5-15% <1cm, charcoal 2% <1cm 

Post-depositional Features: Roots 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, prominent, smooth, curving 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1434, 1451, 2512, 2120, 2143 below: (Click to view the record) 1441, 1429, 1438 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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