Unit 4486

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Fill 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 3.50m EW, 0.43m NS, 0.07m deep. 

Description: Some sort of a remnant (?) which lies on top of the wall 503. 

Discussion: When we removed the top yellowish soil and follow the greyish material. The wall face of F.503, appeared and also the border of the grey fill.

So 4486 may be some sort of (with crubled bricks and mortars (?)) midden which has come over the wall 503 from north. 

Recognition: By eye. 

Definition: Differentiated colour & texture. 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry, compact 

Consistency: Firm, almost compressed silty clayey soil. 

Colour: Yellowish brown. 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Slicified plant remains and salts (very small) 

Post-depositional Features: Dist. by insects and roots. 

Basal Boundary: Gradual and wavy. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4487, 4488 

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): Unassigned at present 

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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