Unit 3574
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: on top of platform floor
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 0.69 x 1 m
Discussion: Steeply sloaping floor of platform/shelf. Sloaps down to N+W. Easily identifiable floor - black greasy surface with "netting" of phitolith remains (5cm ???) ??? in N. part. This floor may not be the latest. Are vestiges in 2564 of later floor? Thick matrix on top is full of pieces of plaster etc. + probably vestiges of later floor. Is very compact but pops off from floor esily.
Recognition: floor from S. edge of platform. Higher floor as ???.
Definition: soapy white floor, higher (main) is white/??? pops off. E. wall of sp.86 grid of sp. 86
Execution: pick upper, than trowel + Mira-tool to pop it off
Condition: dry in S., damp + greasy in N.
Consistency: soft in S., firm in N.
Colour: darkish brown 10YR 4/4
Texture: greasy silty clay
Bedding: mostly massive. Areas of layered in N.
Inclusions: abundant aggregates, wall & floor plaster some burnt. Large
Post-depositional Features: a little animal
Basal Boundary: floor v. easy to recognise - pops off. Dark brown surface
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 26
Unit description: [the lower floor (along with 3551, 3565) in cleaned space 86; possible association with F170 platform?] Small fragments, highly fragmented, quite weathered, quite battered. Almost all sheep-sized. Most body parts represented, but no vertebrae. Two microfauna long bones. A fair amount of mostly low-temperature burning, and little digestion. A dirty floor with burning nearby? Last Number = 26Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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