Unit 4976

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Bricks 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 16 x 30 x 20 

Discussion: The bricks in this feature placed irregularly due to make up a levelled surface for the west end of the area. Because of the F 551 creates a such sharp slope to either end of the building 23 and in the north west corner. This bench like feature even for its own construction. The bricks are placed onto the thick layer of plaster in angle to create the flat surface of the upper parts. 

Recognition: By eye 

Definition: By colour 

Execution: By pick axe and trowel 

Condition: Damp 

Consistency: Firm and friable 

Colour: Dark grey coloured 

Texture: Silty clay to clayey 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal (<0.5cm, 2%) pebbles (<3mm, <10%), phytoliths, animal bones 

Post-depositional Features: Siliceous plant material 

Basal Boundary: Anthropic, sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4977 

Dry sieve volume: 45 

Total Deposit Volume: 80 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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