Unit 3796

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

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

Dimensions: c.1.0 m N-S x c.0.70 m E-W x 1-2 cm thick 

Discussion: This unit represents the third layer of lenses of floors in space 159. It was alike with (3795) in a way that it was as dirty as it and had a lot of organic material remains within it. All these organic remains were in very small sizes, just barely recognizable. This floor (or set of floors) has been cut through by (3784) and (3786) and of course at least by 10 different animal holes!! The floor just seems to dissapear by itself along the N and S which gives a clue that it must have just worn down by time. 

Recognition: Recognised by its colour and texture which is different from the deposits around. 

Definition: Next set of floor(s) underneath (3795). Dissapears gradually by itself to the N, bordered by a wall and truncated by a pit to the E, cut off by excavation to the S, truncated by a pit to the W. 

Execution: Leaf trowel. 

Condition: Good. 

Consistency: moderately firm 

Colour: varies matrix is 10 YR 6/4 light yellowish brown; the gray layer in between is 10 YR 6/2 light brownish grey 

Texture: silty 

Bedding: layered in the middle of the matrix in some parts, there is a fine gray coloured layer 

Inclusions: 10% flecks and small pieces of charcoal; 10% phytoliths - flecks and some small pieces; <2% very small fine pieces of clay 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing, wasp nest, roots 

Basal Boundary: sharp/clear/sloping down from N-S; even though it's a clear boundary it's hard to take off the floor from the layer underneath because they've been stuck 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3958 below: (Click to view the record) 3795 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9

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:

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

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