Unit 3709

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: c.1.40 m E-W x c.0.80 m N-S x 0.04 m thick 

Discussion: A new number was allocated at this horizon of the infilling beacuse of a small area of scorching. It does not appear to have been an in situ fire as there was no associated ash debris, the basal boundary was slightly scorched suggesting hot debris deposition which has fringed the surrounding area.
Infill pretty much as above.

April 2000.
This should be allocated to the infill of the building below, truncated by cut [4336], basically equivalent to [3747/3370/3604] but I've not moved it 'cos it's such a small layer , this should however be noted should any contamination come to light. (SF). 

Recognition: While the excavation of (3703) was being made on the base of the layer the trace of a wall was found and an area covered with charcoal in the middle of the unit. So after those finds a new number was given to start excavating from on the wall. 

Definition: Area of infill defined by walls on all sides. 

Execution: Mattock and trowel. 

Condition: Moist. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: the deposit itself is 10 YR 5/4 yellowish brown, the plaster within it is 2.5 Y 7/3 pale yellow, the clayey stuff is 10 YR 5/1 gray 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 5% flecks and fragments of charcoal, fragments of plaster and building material 

Post-depositional Features: some root activity 

Basal Boundary: the basal boundary was hard to distinguish since the deposit underneath was so much like (3709), it can be called an unclear a bit wavy basal boundary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4336 below: (Click to view the record) 3703 

Dry sieve volume: 280 

Total Deposit Volume: 301 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIB 

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  

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