Unit 3876

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: non-white laid floor; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: depth 0.5-0.6 mm; lentgh 55 cm; width 35 cm 

Discussion: Layer 3 in section drawing 98-639.
Second layer of floors in platform F239.

Compared to unit (3873) this unit consisted of one fairly uniform floor/occupation layer. It contained charcoal and appeared to have cracked at some point as lines of dark mottling could be seen, especially in the SE corner area. The colour of this mottling was dark grey, so it is possible that the lower lens of (3873) dark grey/ 'greasy' trample layer made up the areas of mottling by seeping into cracks in this unit. 

Recognition: Floor of platform. 

Definition: Defined by colour change + limit of excavation. 

Execution: Leaf trowel and patience. 

Condition: Dry. 

Consistency: compact but friable when crushed 

Colour: mostly 10 YR 6/3 light brown 

Texture: ashy, clayey silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: same plaster fragments 2 mm 5%; charcoal flecks 10% 

Post-depositional Features: none except animal hole in SE corner of excavation area 

Basal Boundary: contrast prominent/smooth surfaces 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3877 below: (Click to view the record) 3873 

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): 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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