Unit 3228

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: accumulated deposit 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 3 m N-S x 1 m E-W x 0.04-0.05 m 

Discussion: Eight spit of infilling in space 156. Only E part E of section.
Only 4-9 cm deep because I hit a possible floor to the S end, and possibly even at the N end. This fill is different from the one on top of it, it is darker and more clayey. Excavated in 4 parts, the E part first. The W part has been numbered (3241-3242,-3243. NE corner (0.95 x 0.8 m) excavated in 1997. Baulk material between (3228) and (3241/42/43) dry sieved as (3228). Plant remains of basket/mat under baulk. 7 cm radius coils in spiral about 10 rings. Other phytolith-material above it and to the S. Sampled.

Final discussion;

(3228) is part of an accumulated deposit on top of the last floor (3253) in space 156. The other parts are numbered (3241-43), excavated with baulk between them. This deposit seems to have accumulated in the room after it was sealed off with a blocking (F249) of the entrance.

The soil is clayey and dark and has more charcoal to the N.

Under this material I found 2 mats consisting of siliceous plant remains, which were both resting on the floor under (3253) but they were numbered as the material above them. This means one of them was numbered (3228) (X2). The same situation concerns the clay ball found on the surface of (3253) but was numbered (3228). The mat (X2) was consolidated and lifted as a whole artefact. 

Recognition: Fill between walls. 

Definition: Defined by walls. 

Execution: Pick axe, trowel, in 10 cm spits. 

Condition: Moist. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: 7.5 YR 3/4 dark brown and 5 YR 4/2 dark reddish grey 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive but heterogenic 

Inclusions: charcoal 5% (mostly N) 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary in middle; abrupt/distinct/smooth at S end and at very N end 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3253 below: (Click to view the record) 3226 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3241, 3242, 3243 

Dry sieve volume: 180 

Total Deposit Volume: 240 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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