Unit 8474

Category: layer    dug in 2002

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: basin floor #2 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 58 cm E-W; 53 cm N-S 

Discussion: removal of hick layer of plaster from the 2nd phase. Underneath thre were umps of dark brown clay, especially in the SW corner. In the middle area a concentration of redeposeted oven floor, soot, charred wood and burnt pottery is noticed. This burnt layer was separated as sample #6 (flotation sample). A new floor (phase 3), sloping to the screen wall was revealed under the thick packing.
This phase of F. 781is contemporary to the third phase of F. 780 (U.8456).

Photo numbers:
20020625_JPQ_091/097 - packing under floor 2
20020626_JPQ_034/051 - end of unit 8474

note on: a change in space numbering 

Recognition: colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, Mira tool 

Condition: dry - upper layer; moist - lower layer 

Consistency: loose to friable 

Colour: dark brown and gray, white 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: soot, charcoals, burnt pottery, plant 

Post-depositional Features: plant roots 

Basal Boundary: next to the screen wall; flat 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8473, 8557 below: (Click to view the record) 8417, 8418, 8218 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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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