Unit 4617

Category: Cluster    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: matting impression 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: burial; Material: phytolith; Deposition: primary deposition

Dimensions: 0.22m (E-W), by 0.12m (N-S) by 0.01m thick 

Discussion: Small patch of phytolith concentration appearing to preserve part of a woven fabric, lying underneath skeleton 4593 in burial F.492 and probably associated with the placing of the body. Unfortunately lost during heavy rain. 

Recognition: Clear phytolith impression of apparently woven material 

Definition: Clear edges with surrounding materials 

Execution: Material lost in inclement weather conditions 

Condition: Very friable and apparently water soluble 

Consistency: Very friable 

Colour: White 

Texture: Mineral clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: none apparent 

Post-depositional Features: Phytoliths 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4593 below: (Click to view the record) 4464 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

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:

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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