Unit 4731

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: collapsed plaster 

Data Category Information: Description: 60's

Dimensions: 2.70m E-W, 0.55m N-S 

Discussion: In this unit, when I found the original floor, I thought that the collapsed layer might be Mellart backfill. Also, some of the plastery blocks, had some gaps where they've fallen on to each other. There were burnt human bones, (some red painted), and animal bones imbetween them, but also - they were just broken pieces and scattered. I saw some flecks of red paint frags. in this top fill (Mell.) 

Recognition: Irregular lumps of plaster material in front of the wall. 

Definition: Uneven whitish/beige lumps. 

Execution: Trowel/hand-pick. 

Condition: Damp. 

Consistency: Loose / soft to firm. 

Colour: Light yellowish beige / white, and some dk. brown, small patches of mud-brick? 

Texture: Silty clay - clay 80%. 

Bedding: Massive. 

Inclusions: Bone 2%, white siliceous 2% + <5%, brick and plaster frags., plant impressions (chopped), charcoal <2%. 

Post-depositional Features: Generally compact. Very rare small insect disturbance. 

Basal Boundary: Clear, wavy, anthropic boundary. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4499 below:+

Dry sieve volume: 120 

Total Deposit Volume: 140 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

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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