Unit 4809

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Fire installation structure packing,Floor make-up 

Data Category Information: In Situ: non in-situ; Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.40m + (N-S) x 0.20m (E-W) x 0.02m thick 

Discussion: Small patch of clay packing lying above fire installation rake-out and probably truncated prior to building infilling. Unclear whether this is floor make-up or packing related to fire installation F523. 

Recognition: Pale layer overlying and abutting darker materials 

Definition: Clear edges in relation to surrounding darker deposits 

Execution: Trowel from edges 

Condition: Firm and moist, possibly truncated 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Pale beige 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: 5% charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: Occasional root and insect disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4898 below: (Click to view the record) 4444 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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