Unit 3154

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: infill 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.64 x 0.43 x 0.26 

Discussion: (3154) represents a deposit of mixed bricky, clay and plaster material that was dumped beneath [71] (or what remained of it!). In section [186] it appeared to be underlain by a firmer ashy layer, but on excavation this proved to be patchy. The plaster material from (3154) (=1599) underlay as well as overlying the ashy lens visible in section. It is difficult to interpret this deposit, since it represents an already partly excavated unit, for which the unit sheet does not survive. It may have been laid as a foundation deposit for wall [70] to level up the surface beneath it, with a fairly solid material. However, the way that it lipped over what appears to be another wall beneath. [ ] suggests that it could also have been simply an accumulation of "rubbishy" material during the infilling of a room. It seems that the building up of softish, ashy material beneath walls was a common practice. It could be that this was a deliberate attempt to allow the walls of the building to settle into place. 

Recognition: Distinguished by the great lumps of plaster and clay 

Execution: Trowel and pick 

Condition: Very dry and crumbly 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: 2.5 Y 5/2 - Greyish brown 

Texture: Ashy sandy silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: 10 % plaster (some MASSIVE lumps(; 5% bone (small and large pieces); 5% charcoal (small and large pieces); 2% hackberries ( in particular, clustered towards the base of the deposit) occasional obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: Salt encrustation, animal burrowing 

Basal Boundary: To the east the basal boundary was sharp and clear. The layer beneath appears to be made up of constructional material and was far more homogeneous. The interface between the two was fairly marked by salt encrustation 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3359 below: (Click to view the record) 3110, 3111 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1599, 1600 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 71 

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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