Unit 3261

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: infilling 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 1.0 x 1.0 m x 0.12 m 

Description: methodology / description same as / copied from 3255 except 5, plaster fragments more and larger 

Discussion: Obsidian x1: lying on floor 3844.

Lowest part of general infilling deposit which lies directly over floor in space 154. 

Recognition: arbitrary 

Definition: arbitrary 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: normal 

Consistency: Varies from loose to friable 

Colour: 10YR 5/6 yellowish brown, Colour of this layer is very patchy, has also 7.5YR 6/8 reddish yellow patches and patches of 7.5 YR 2.5/2 very dark brown 

Texture: slightly ashy silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: hard clay fragments (1&, 1-2mm), charcoal fragments(<1%, 2mm), plaster frags (c50%, size up to 0.20m), fragments of reddish material - possibly brick (4%, 3-5mm) 

Post-depositional Features: very few roots, salt deposits which lie on top of plaster floor below 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, sharp, contrast is prominent, form is smooth, slopes downwards to the south, surfaces are pitted in places 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3846 below: (Click to view the record) 3225 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3252, 3255, 3256, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3262, 3263, 3265, 3266, 3267, 3270, 3271, 3272 

Dry sieve volume: 150 

Total Deposit Volume: 226 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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