Unit 4400

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: scoop; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 0.34m e-w by 0.24m n-s 

Discussion: Layer within possible cut 4399. Appears to contain a small cluster of various artefacts, broken serpentine (axe point), flint, obsidian, stone and a most excellent tooth amulet.
Possibly a bag placed into upper backfill as an offering or a child's collection. Also contains bone, jaw, shell and fired clay 

Recognition: darker soil in backfill 4172 

Definition: darker soil in backfill 4172 

Execution: lifted as one 

Condition: good but truncated by fire 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid brown 

Texture: clayey silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal <3%, small frags, salts 

Post-depositional Features: cut by fire 4178 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4401 below: (Click to view the record) 4178 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

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  

Lab Team Data

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