Unit 3280

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: pit infilling 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 0.50 m x 0.30 m; depth 0.09 m 

Discussion: Infilling in pit F241/(3282) space 154 next to platform in SW corner, but it is really next to wall F230! Says Craig! Not really so different from (3274) but had different colours etc (see colour over).

Difficult to follow the cut edges in places and unsure whether the bottom of the pit has been found or not! 

Recognition: Colour and texture change noticed when digging, differs from unit above (3274). 

Definition: Defined by cut of pit. 

Execution: Trowel and enjoyment. 

Condition: Slightly moist. 

Consistency: compact, but friable when crushed 

Colour: patchy 10 YR 5/6 yellowish brown also 7.5 YR 6/8 reddish yellow; 7.5 YR 5/2 very dark brown - 10 YR 8/2 pinkish white, 7.5 YR 6/1 grey 

Texture:  

Bedding: probably compound layered 

Inclusions: some hard clay lumps (poss. mortar), 5-10 mm 5%, plaster fragments 10%, 5-10 mm 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic/diffuse/contrast visible/smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3282 below: (Click to view the record) 3274 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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