Unit 4508

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Fill of crawlhole F.530 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.58e-w x 0.32 x 0.47m depth 

Discussion: 4508 was fill within crawlhole F.530 - 4509. It was a multi-coloured and multi-textured deposit. Mainly light to mid. brown clayey silts, but with moderate lumps of off-white plaster, brick material, and lensing of pale brown fine sandy silts. Although firmly compacted, it was clearly distinguishable from infill 4477 immediately to the north of the crawlhole, which had a stronger compaction. However, it may be that this was just a difference caused by drying out around the exposed south face of wall F.482, so there's a high probability that 4508 is the same as 4477 - a very similar deposit. 

Consistency: Firm. 

Colour: Light to mid. browns / Light to dark grays / Off-white plaster / Orangey-light to mid. browns. 

Texture: Clayey silts (clay content varies considerably - e.g. Lt. to mid. brown clayey silt -clay 5-10%, fine silt 90-95%. Mid. to dark gray, 'bricky', clayey silt -clay 30-50%.) Fine to med. sandy -silts. 

Bedding: Massive. 

Inclusions: Occ. to mod. charcoal fl. < 2%. Occ. v. small, white siliceous plant remains < 1%. Occ. small to med. bone < 2%. V. occ., small, shell, stone and obsidian. 

Post-depositional Features: Partly truncated in upper area on the south face, probably due to collapse, or natural erosion. 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, v. sharp to abrupt, prominent to distinct, smooth to wavy. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4509 below:none equal to: (Click to view the record) 4477 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 57 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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