Unit 18761

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: PLATFORM MAKE UP 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform)

Dimensions: 4.12M X 1.60M X 0.05M 

Discussion: PRIMARY MEKE UP / CONSTRUCTION BASE FOR PLATFORMS F.3400 (NE) AND F.3408 (E CENTRAL) - THE METERIAL IS A LOOSE FRIABLE FILL, MORE COMPACT TO THE EAST AGAINST THE WALL. THIS ELEVATED THE PLATFORMS PRIOR TO THE FORMAL CORES BEING ESTABLISHED. 

Recognition: CORE OF PLATFORMS/ MAKE UP 

Definition: DEFINED BY FEATURES +EAST WALL 

Execution: MATTOCK + TROWEL 

Condition: WARM 

Consistency: LOOSE FRIABLE TO FIRM (EAST) 

Colour: MID BROWN 

Texture: SILTY CLAY 

Bedding: MASSIVE 

Inclusions: OCC. BONE, RARE OBSIDIAN,CLAY BALL FRAGMENTS(2 PIECES) 

Post-depositional Features: ANIMAL BURROWS 

Basal Boundary: SHARP TO CLEAR 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:18772 18778below: (Click to view the record) 18757 

Dry sieve volume: 225 

Total Deposit Volume: 255 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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

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