Unit 3343

Category: layer    dug in 1998

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: floors,infill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: composite (floor/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

 

Dimensions: 0.88 m E-W x 0.76 m N-S x 0.12 m 

 

Discussion: The soil was pretty much sterile, with few pieces of bone. At some parts, there were orangey small blocks, probably construction material, like brick or mortar, within the fill. All this gave the impression that this was an infill. The quality was the same as (3344). Another reason why the bulk was taken out aswell is that there seems to be no layering within the infill as it seems on the E section, so we decided that the E section was quite misleading.

June 2000- this was re interpreted as floors, fine discontinuous lenses of plaster and occupation, some contamination from overlying fill removed as spits. (sf) 

 

Recognition: It is an arbitrary layer made underneath infill (3191). The reason why this layer was made is because we came closer to the floors in space 160, so decided to divide the area in two and leave a bulk in the middle to see the layers. This unit is the western part of infill in space 160. 

Definition: Defined by wall at north and west, excavation by south and east. 

Execution: Mattock and trowel. 

Condition: Moderately moist. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: 5/4 10 YR yellowish brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 10 % salt, <2% fragments of charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: n/a 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3379 below: (Click to view the record) 3191 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3344 

 

Dry sieve volume: 140 

Total Deposit Volume: 170 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIB 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 160

Features:: none

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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