Unit 4900

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Floor/ surface 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: bin; Material: white clay; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 0.7 x 0.38 x 0.05 

Discussion: Plaster floor of bin F 520 consisting of dual layer of white plaster over bricky make-up little more than 1cm thick except where it lips up in south-west corner.

-The sequence of events within the bins is:
1) cut made in 4905. Surface or make-up 4896 and arm 4907 constructed. The remains of the level IX wall apparently formed the northern 'arm' of F 488
2) Arm 4893 constructed on 4896 dividing the 2 bins
3) Surface 4900 laid within bin F 520 only partly overlying 4896. Whether the latter originally ran right up to 4907 and was partly truncated when 4900 was laid is unclear. 

Recognition: Recognised during excavation of 4896 as a distinct deposit overlying that in the south (within bin F 520) 

Definition: White plaster over darker make-up 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Farily dry 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: pale yellow over light grey-brown/ orange-brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: 2% charcoal flecks, 2% phytoliths, c5% orange 'bricky' flecks (in south) 

Post-depositional Features: None evident 

Basal Boundary: Diffuse/ uncertain-where not overlying 4897 sharp/ clear- over 4896 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4896, 4907 below: (Click to view the record) 4894 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 13 

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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