Unit 4718

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: dump,makeup 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

Dimensions: 4.6m+ w-e, 1.8m+ n-s, 0.02 to 0.08m thick 

Discussion: Thick quite homogenous band. Deliberate dum,p to raise height. As it occure between 'stabling' deposits (4716) and (4719) could conditions on the surface have become so bad it was decided to create better surface by raising height with (4718). 

Recognition: no fine bands / not sticky 

Definition: arbitrary / deep sounding 

Execution: trowel and mattock 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: mid greyish brown 

Texture: clayey silt / silty clay depending on place 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: frequent plant impressions, occasional bone frags / clay balls / stone, moderate charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: deep sounding, burroes, insects 

Basal Boundary: distinct, anthropogenic, smooth, sloping down to west 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4719 below: (Click to view the record) 4717 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4517 

Dry sieve volume: 405 

Total Deposit Volume: 481 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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