Unit 4891

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Floor raising deposit 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: non-white laid floor; Deposition: composite (floor/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

Dimensions: 0.89m (E-W) x 0.29m (N-S) x 0.06m thick 

Discussion: Block of layered material at interface between 'clean' and 'dirty' areas in Space 173, acting as a raising feature to raise the 'clean' north to a higher level than the 'dirty' south. Possibly truncated in antiquity as it only survives in the western half of the space. 

Recognition: Hard ridge overlying floor levels 

Definition: Hard, dark material overlying pale floors 

Execution: Trowel from edges 

Condition: Firm, slightly moist and possibly truncated at the east end 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Dark greyish brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Compound layered 

Inclusions: <5% small bone and charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: Some root and insect disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4899, 4897 below: (Click to view the record) 4810 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 15 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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