Unit 3179
Category: layer dug in 1998
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: Infill
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous
Dimensions: 200 cm E-W / 140 cm N-S / c. 0.25 m thick
Discussion: This was the topmost layer in space 160, underneath Mellaart's backfill. Because it has been open to weather, its condition was not very good. The soil was very dry and cracked. it must bee an infill layer. Underneath this layer, at the south-east corner of the space, the beginnings of a wall was found which is covered with plaster on its southern face.
Recognition: Top layer in space 160.
Definition: Outlined by space 160's western and northern walls, excavation by the south and east.
Execution: Trowel.
Condition: Dry and crumbly.
Consistency: Soft.
Colour: 10 YR 5/3 Brown.
Texture: Gritty.
Bedding: Massive.
Inclusions: Very little remains of bone, stone and obsidian. 5% small fragments and flecks of salt, less than 2% of charcoal.
Post-depositional Features: Some fine roots and insect activity.
Basal Boundary: Irregular and uneven.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 140
Total Deposit Volume: 169
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIB
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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