Unit 3301

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Infill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: foundation cut; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 0.49 x 0.42 x 0.21 m 

Discussion: 3301 represents the bricky fill dumped at the base of cut 3305. This seems to have been the foundation cut for wall 56, rather than the deeper cut 1043 that was originally thought to have provided the same purpose. The large chunks of brick were mixed with other constructional debris - plaster and clay, and seem to have been the first episode of deposition in this foundation cut. 

Recognition: More mixed, bricky and plaster filled from the layer above. 

Definition: Defined by a very irregular and truncated boundary. 

Execution: Trowel and pick. 

Condition: Dry and crumbly. 

Consistency: Firm. 

Colour: 10YR 6/4 light yellowish brown. 

Texture: Sandy clayey silt loam. 

Bedding: Massive. 

Inclusions: 3% charcoal (flecks, small and medium sized pieces); 3% plaster (flecks and larger lumps); <2% shell; 2% tiny pebbles; 2%clay (small pieces) 

Post-depositional Features: Saly crystalisation and animal burrowing. 

Basal Boundary: Excavation of this unit was ended when i came upon a brick which was beneath the wall 58 to the West and this deposit. The basal boundary was therefore distinct and constructional (although unexpected !), although some of the deposit above was embedded in the brick beneath. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3305 below: (Click to view the record) 3194 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1511 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 43 

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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