Unit 3901

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floor edge,platform edge 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: ridge; Material: plaster; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 0.46 x 0.29 x 0.13 m 

Discussion: (3901) represents the most substantial section of F.289 to the southern half of it's extent. It was composed of several different materials (a - e) but removed as a single unit, since these seemed to have been put in place roughly at the same time in the construction of a raised ledge seperating the south western corner of the room (and contemporary oven) from the remainder of building 2. It's construction seems to have been more complex at the southern end ( a small section was left to examine this). This could be explained by it's proximity to the southern wall of building 2 - for example it may have formed an edge to a larger structure in this area which was removed whern the post retrieval cut to it's left was dug. Otherwise it seems to have been constructed to contain the 'dirty' deposits which lie in between the floors, that it surrounds, perhaps to prevent these spreading to the 'cleaner' area to the east. 

Recognition: A raised, plastered lip consisting of several different construction materials, which were described separately as a, b, c, d … 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: a) 2.5Y 7/2 - light grey (b) 10YR 6/2 light greyish brown (c) 10YR 7/2 light grey (d) 2.5 Y 8/1 - white (e) 2.5Y 7/2 - light grey, 2.5Y 8/1 - white 

Texture: a) ashy silty clay (b) silty clay (c) silty clay (d) chalky clay (e) chalky clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: a) occassional flecks - charcoal, phytoliths, clay, shell (b) occassional flecks - charcoal, phytoliths, clay and a large frag of burnt clay (c ) 2% phytoliths, occassional flecks of charcoal, shell, clay (d) 2% phytoliths, occassional flecks of yellow ochre (e) occassional charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3904 below: (Click to view the record) 3905 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 17 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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