Unit 1434

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: sub floor makeup 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: floor (packing only); Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 2.0m w-e, 1.5m n-s 

Discussion: Sub-floor make-up/packing of platform F32; eastern end truncated by F22 bin wall. Lies directly over darker, ashy fill which seems to spread across while building. In parts these rise through layer 1434, and appear like 'pits' = 1434-however 1434 overlies them which suggests the whole lower layer was laid as a series of dumps, not always levelled, and then 1434 placed on top fairly soon after- I.e. before the lower layer could settle horizontally. Thin layer actually extend across the ?whole of space 71 is raised where the platform is, and levelled where the floors are suggesting quite strongly the platform was planned with the floors etc. Page 2: Obsidian pieces X18-20- all lie on interface with ashy/midden layer below- in fact X20 is almost certainly from that layer rather than this- the orange packing 1434 is generally very 'clean' of finds, and much of the material probably derives from 'contamination' from layer below. 

Execution: Mattock, trowel, leaf 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Moderately weak 

Colour: 5YR 5/6 (yellowish red) 

Texture: Sandy loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charred plant remains 2% <0.5cm, brown clay fragments 2% <1cm, plaster flecks 2% <1mm 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: Prominent, sharp <2mm, smooth, flat to undulating 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2513 below: (Click to view the record) 1468, 1439, 1431, 2132, 2134, 1449, 2140, 1919, 1439, 1906, 1929, 1931, 1941, 1435, 2131, 2179 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2143, 2120, 2512, 1451 

Dry sieve volume: 105 

Total Deposit Volume: 309 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 21

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 14

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:

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

<< BackDownload this Units Data