Unit 4269

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: f.i. Fill,fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: foundation cut; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 120cm by 95cm by 20cm 

Discussion: This layer of infill was previously thought to be wall 402 (1998), however on exavation it turned out to be fill. This layer of fill was partially plastered on the eastern side (4268). The plaster seemed to lip round slightly off wall 401, however, there was quite a bit of plaster at the base of this unit so it may have just been a lump in the fill.

( 14/6 During post-ex. I've interpreted this as fill of construction cut 4336 for wall 403. This is based on the fact that the deposit was recognised as different to infill excavated in 1998 in space 159 but at that stage we didn't realise space 160 was later + cut into 159, only when putting cuts through walls 400 + 401 together did it make sense that this infill is same as 4285 but dug backwards last year. Plaster 4268 doesn't make sense unless it too formed part of the F.T. cut + we saw this backward too. (SF)) 

Recognition: southern section of space 159 

Definition: east side: wall 401, south:wall 403, west : wall 400, north: space 159 fill. 

Execution: mattock 

Condition: dry on the surface 

Consistency: soft but fairly compact 

Colour: mid to dark brown with chunks of orange brown and beige 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: one clay ball, less than 2% charcoal, 20% bricky material, less 2% shell and bone 

Post-depositional Features: salty inclusions and roots 

Basal Boundary: interface with wall 403: fairly abrupt and distinct/prominent. Basal boundary with underlying fill: same material, very mixed and patchey. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4266, 4265 below: (Click to view the record) 3620 equal to:4285?

Dry sieve volume: 90 

Total Deposit Volume: 120 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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