Unit 4166

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: platform core 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 1.34m E-W x 1.24m N-S. Thickness 0.1m 

Discussion: Initial phase core of platform F288 in NE corner of sp117. Appears to have been constructed from re-used mudbricks, mortar and other material though not coursed in any way, just thown together to form a rectangular block, which was then rendered with plaster 4164. The platform overlies this spread of material 4167, which overlies the infill of the building below building 2. 

Recognition: Hardened upstanding sub-rectangular bolck of material overlying plaster surface 

Definition: Block clearly differentiated from surrounding deposits 

Execution: Trowel and pick from edge 

Condition: Dry and compact although truncated by later features 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: mottled dark gray, brown and beige 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Compound layered 

Inclusions: Occasional (<5%) small charcoal shell stone, bone, obsidian and baked clay fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Occasisnal root disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4167 below: (Click to view the record) 4164 

Dry sieve volume: 90 

Total Deposit Volume: 117 

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:

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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