Unit 4188
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: platform base,upper infill layer
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous
Dimensions: 1.89m ( E-W ) ; 1.90m ( N-S ) ; up to 0.06m thick
Discussion: Platform feature in SW corner of space 163.
Appears to be the basal core of a platform overlying infill of a lower building. The top may have been removed by Mellart excavations. Consists of very mixed material including fire installation fragments and mortar, though not clearly structured and therefore not strictly compound layered.
Recognition: Hard raised rectangular area = SW corner sp.163
Definition: Hard edged with floors lapping over
Execution: Mattock and trowel from edge
Condition: Hard dry and compacted
Consistency: Firm
Colour: Pale reddish brown
Texture: Silty clay
Bedding: Compound layered
Inclusions: <5% charcoal flecks ; <5% moderate bone
Post-depositional Features: some root and insect disturbance
Basal Boundary: clear, smooth, anthropic
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 285
Total Deposit Volume: 309
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII
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:: 52
Unit description: A small unit from the platform in Building 6. The colour ranges from light brown to black with a large percentage of burnt bone. The average fragment size is larger than 'normal' (i.e. for floors/makeup layers) but most pieces are still highly fragmented and not identifable past general category. identifiable taxa include cattle and pig and sheep. The flot sample 2462, was also fully sorted and recorded. Last Number = F.52Figurine 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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