Unit 1644

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: fill of small cut 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: foundation cut; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.42m x 0.10m x 0.3m 

Discussion: This was a shallow skim 50-100mm, but slightly over-dug into wall behind. The fill was an homogeneous deposit of mixed clayey silt with charcoal flecks, phytoliths, clay etc., very similar to infill below (). Represents a small cut of unknown function. Was it filling a hollow in the wall face at time of construction of wall 61, or was it associated with a later wall construction that Mellaart took off? 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: morning light , damp after rain. 

Consistency: moderately weak (due to dampness?) 

Colour: 2.5Y 4/3-4/4 (olive brown) 

Texture: clayey silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 5% white flecks (<2mm); 5% charcoal (>3mm); 2% plaster frags. (>6mm); 5% orange clay frags. (>2mm); 10% phytolith voids (>3mm) 

Post-depositional Features: 5% salt encrustation 

Basal Boundary: clearly bounded by cut 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1645 below: (Click to view the record) 1636 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 12 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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