Unit 3593

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1 x 7 m 

Discussion: As I began removing floor layer I found that it popped off quite easily from the lower "fill" or packing layer. I found a layer of gypsum directly below the floor & above the packing mostly comcentrated in the area nearest to the platform - as I moved past the platform edge sauthward the gypsum became less and finally stoped with only a packing layer beneth the floor. This packing layer is very dark and distinctly different from the floor layer which was 7cm thick. 

Recognition: floor layer distinguished by smooth oven layer below fill 

Definition: to edge of platform used 1 x 1 grid system loosely following beneath platform feature 

Execution: troweled down to packing layer 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: soft/friable - firm 

Colour: 10YR 6/2 fairly even color across surface 

Texture: silty clay 60/40% 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: gypsum (or possible phytoliths), charcoal/ash small/30% sm-med/5% 

Post-depositional Features: same animal holes through floor 

Basal Boundary: fill below floor (also layer of gypsum) type:antropogenic ; distinctness: clear distinct smooth slightly S. sloping 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3595 below: (Click to view the record) 3579, 3594 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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