Unit 5448

Category: Layer    dug in 2002

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: recent consolidation layer 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 5m x 1.5m x .20m 

Recognition: Very loose disturbed sandy matrix with frequent roots 

Definition: defined as consolidation horizon to protect Mellaart's exposed walls by Cambridge team in western part of (?) to wg wall K829. Plastic bags and hessain sacks suggest the recent nature of this horizon. 

Execution: mattock + shovel 

Consistency: heterogeneous loose matrix with frequent root action. 

Colour: light brown and orangish brown 

Texture: silty sand w/ occasional small frags of mudbrick, also lenses of 'straw'/wood fragments suggesting recent deposition 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: hessian sacks mark the consolidation line. Frequent animal bone and occasional other artifacts including obsidian. 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5451 below: (Click to view the record) 5447 

Dry sieve volume: 330 

Total Deposit Volume: 330 

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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