Unit 4938

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Floor make-up,Infill 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 2.70m + (N-S) x 1.96m (E-W) x 0.05m thick 

Discussion: General layer of mixed, unstructured material covering the south end of Space 173. Originally thought to be an upper layer of room infill, but found to cover features cutting room infill to the south and therefore re-defined as floor make-up and probably the earliest flooring of this phase, though not the earliest feature. 

Recognition: Mixed layer, cut and overlain by basal occupation deposits 

Definition: Bounded by the walls of Space 173 

Execution: Mattock 

Condition: Slightly moist, compact and truncated, especially to the south 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Mixed greys and browns 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: <2% small bone fragments, small clay ball fragments, small shell fragments, medium angular stones and charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: Some root and insect disturbance, occasional salting 

Basal Boundary: Diffuse, smooth, anthropic, becoming clear, smooth, anthropic to the south 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:4943 etc.below: (Click to view the record) 4932, 4937, 4929, 4936, 4942 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4939 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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