Unit 3382

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: wall infill 

Data Category Information: Location: between walls; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.92 x 0.06 x 

Discussion: (3882) consists of a layer of mixed clayey material that was deposited behind the length of wall F.278. In places its consistency was very similar to that of the mortar of this wall. Elsewhere, there were patches of softer , ashier material mixed with it. This was not uniform and didn't seem (on excavation) to represent separate episodes of deposition. It was clearly different to the "infilling" at the W end of wall F.278 and that at the N end of F.281, both of which were distinctly softer and ashier and appeared to represent separate deposits, so were given separate unit numbers. (3882) was earlier than (3345) (at the W end of F.278) as it lay behind it. Its relationship to (3349) (to the N of F.281) was less clear as they seemed to run up to each other, so there was no definite stratigraphical relationship between them. 

Recognition: A more unmixed, darker material that was different from that of wall F.278. 

Definition: Defined by salt encrustation and cracking in places. 

Execution: Trowel and pick. 

Condition: Damp in places, dry elsewhere. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: clay/ash/sandy silt 

Texture: 2.5 Y 6/3 light yellowish brown in places (sandy silt), 2.5 Y 6/2 light brownish gray elsewhere 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 5% charcoal, flecks and small pieces, 2% bone, 5% clay (small and medium sized pieces), 5% plaster (small and medium sized), <2% shell 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation, animal burrowing 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3345 below: (Click to view the record) 3319 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3333 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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