Unit 3125

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: packing layer 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.6 m NS x 0.42 m EW x 0.10 m thick 

Discussion: F.99 was removed revealing that it had been possibly keyed to the abutting wall. This unit (3125) is the removal of that floor level onto the floor below. The joining of these two floors produced a large amount of phytoliths, possibly straw used to join together two surfaces, as used in some areas of the world today. The unit also revealed several small and crossing cuts, also seeming to aid the joining together of levels/surfaces, though this later appeared to be mostly variations in the fill. Removal of the layer revealed a floor packing surface.

This patch was cut on all sides except where it abuts wall to S believed to have been 'scoured' at the end of the life-use of building 4. 

Recognition: bottom of F.99, though a small amount of overdigging had occured 

Definition: reasonably clear (see above) 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: fairly dense and hard 

Consistency: very hard and crusty at top, soft and claylike underneath 

Colour: 10 YR 4/3 brown (but also variable colours, 'red' grey) 

Texture: clay of various colours 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal 5 %, plaster 2 %, stone 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3174 below: (Click to view the record) 3104 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 25 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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