Unit 3662

Category: layer    dug in 1998

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: bin edge,platform edge 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: ridge; Material: pise-like; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 0.14 x 0.08 x 0.07 

 

Discussion: (3662) represents a small chunk of white plaster and a softer clayey construction material beneath that lay above the earlier more substantial platform edge/floor up to F.289 to the E. It was removed as a separate entity as it overlay the grey/bricky/ashy material which covered the surface to the W, which itself overlay the remainder of the plaster of F.289 and a floor which seemed to be continous with it. It is difficult to interpret it as there does not seem to be any associated structure still in existence. It could be that at one time it was part of bin 257 to the W, but was truncated by the cut for the post retrieval hole. 

 

Recognition: A raised plaster ledge that was non-continous with the surrounding layers. A greyish/white surface with softer mixed material beneath. 

Definition: Defined in places by salt encrustation/cracking. 

Execution: Leaf trowel/trowel. 

Condition: Dry. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: white gray plaster 2.5 Y 8/1 white; softer fill 10 YR 6/2 light greyish brown 

Texture: chalky clay plaster / silty clay softer fill 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: occasional flecks of clay in the plaster; flecks of clay, plaster and charcoal (3%) in the mixed softer material 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation 

Basal Boundary: a sharp/distinct/anthropogenic basal boundary, this was smooth and curved, lying over an earlier 'lip' feature to the E and N, and a more ashy floor-packing deposit 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2780 below: (Click to view the record) 2766, 2785, 2783 

 

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):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 2

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 117

Features:: (Click to view the record) 289 (kerb)

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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