Unit 4517

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: dump,stabling 

Data Category Information: Description: penning; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 3.3m+ n-s, 3.1m w-e, 0.05 to 0.10m thick 

Discussion: Equivalent to lower 'stabling' (4719) / (4821) / (4822) to east, also to midden / dump (4718) as this had generally become very thin / patchy in most places. 

Recognition: distinct orangey colour / thin bands 

Definition: deep sounding / wall / arbitrary 

Execution: trowel / mattock 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: mixed - bands are orange, light to mid grey, light to mid greyish brown 

Texture: mainly clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: frequent phytoliths, occasional bone / obsidian / charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: deep sounding, roots, burrows, wendy 

Basal Boundary: faint, smooth, anthropogenic, sloping down at west end 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4518 below: (Click to view the record) 4850 

Dry sieve volume: 2385 

Total Deposit Volume: 2474 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

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