Unit 4224

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: wall addition 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 4.53m E-W x 0.13m N-S. Max depth 0.39m 

Discussion: (4224) Appeared to be an eroded remnant of a wall repair, originally attached to the north face of wall F299, that over time had split away. It consisted of a compact, slightly sandy, silt material approx 0.13m wide where least eroded. Attatced to this on the northern side was a partly surviving plaster skim - (4264) with an avarage thickness of 0.01m though there were occasional fragments 0.02 - 0.04m thick. The max depth of (4224) was 0.39m, a rough avarage being 0.30m. I understand that the plaster skim would have been on the outside of wall F299, which raises questions about the assumption that only inside walls were plastered. However, there was no evidence of many applications - the plaster was a single deposit. Perhaps part of construction between F.299 and the wall to the north. 

Recognition: Upstanding deposit, "pulled away" from wall F299 to yhe norht of F299 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Small pick and trowel 

Condition: Dry at surface, slightly moist within, slightly eroded 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Light to mid brown 

Texture: Silt with very small sand fraction. Fine Sand <5% 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: One large bone fragment. Two medium clay ball fragments. Charcoal flecks <2%, salt flecks<2%. 

Post-depositional Features: Moderate salt flakes at surface; cracking and occasional root activity 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, sharp, distinct, mostly smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4217 below: (Click to view the record) 4264 

Dry sieve volume: 135 

Total Deposit Volume: 161 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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