Unit 3695

Category: layer    dug in 1998

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: collapsed plaster line? 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: scoop; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

 

Dimensions: 0.39 x 0.38 x 0.08 m 

 

Discussion: (3695) represents a layer of mixed deposits lying in a depression through the upper floors to the W of the plaster lip in the SW corner of space 117. The uppermost deposits in this were joined (described as a, b and c). Beneath this towards the base of the deposit, the material was more homogenous and composed of mixed, chalky clay brownish material which had a sort of 'puddled' appearance. For this reason it could be that this deposit was the product of some sort of water vessel being placed in the corner of a floor. Through the period of its use, this may have worn through the plaster floors it sat on, overlying this mixed floor material deposit. Alternatively, the corner of three floors must have been truncated by some other activity, but it's difficult to decipher what! 

 

Recognition: A mixed patch of compacted elements of different materials in the NE corner of the mid SW quadrant of space 117. These were excavated as a single unit but described separately (a, b + c) (see plan). Very different to the smooth, homogenous plastered floors elsewhere in this area. 

Execution: Trowel/leaf trowel. 

Condition: Dry/compacted/crumbly. 

Consistency: friable in places; firm in others 

Colour: a) 10 YR 5/2 dark greyish brown; b) 10 YR 7/2 light grey; c) 2.5 Y 6/2 light brownish grey 

Texture: a) silty clay; b) chalky silt; c) silty clay 

Bedding: compund layered 

Inclusions: a) occ. flecks of charcoal/clay/phytoliths; b) <2% flecks of charcoal/clay/plaster; c) <2% charcoal/shell/clay/burnt clay/obsidian, 40% plaster 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation, root intrusion 

Basal Boundary: A sharp, clear basal boundary, overlying various deposits, the surface was smooth and sloping towards the centre of the deposit 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3900 below: (Click to view the record) 3626, 2832 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 11 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 2

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 117

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: No

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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