Unit 3194

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Infill 

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

Dimensions: 0.62 x 0.41 x 0.23 m 

Discussion: 3194 was a layer of blocky clay material dumped within cut 1043. It was loose and heavily encrusted with salts and some sort of (manganese) formation on the surface of the lumps. It seems to represent another episode of material deposition to provide some sort of foundation for wall 56 which sat above it. It had relatively few inclusions other than bone which distinguished it from the layers above 3173 and beneath. 

Recognition: Distinguished by its blocky crumbly texture. 

Definition: The uneven definition between 3194 and the layer above 3173 but the texture was clearly different. 

Execution: Trowel and pick. 

Condition: Dry and crumbly. 

Consistency: Firm. 

Colour: 2.5Y 5/4 light olive brown, 7.5YR 4/6 strong brown. 

Texture: Clay loam, with patches of sandy silt loam mudbrick. 

Bedding: Massive. 

Inclusions: 2% charcoal flecks; <2% obsidian chips; 5% bone - mainly large pieces. 

Post-depositional Features: Heavily encrusted with salt and truncated by a mole-rat hole. 

Basal Boundary: The basal boundary was very uneven, but quite distinct and prominent. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3301 below: (Click to view the record) 3173 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1091, 1092 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 44 

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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