Unit 4987

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: dirty floor surface/ occupation debris/ make-up 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 1.53m (E-W), 1.40m (N-S), 0.04m deep 

Discussion: 4987 was a compound layer composed of one obvious floor surface and the occupation debris and floor make-up associated with this in the 'dirty' south east corner of building 23/ space 178. The upper surface of the deposit was continuous with that overlying the 'clean' floor contained in unit 4988. To distinguish this surface and clarify its status within the matrix, it was distinguished as a separate unit 5090, although it was removed with its associated 'clean' and 'dirty' deposits. The occupation deposits contained within 4987 were unusual in their high obsidian content which is probably related to the three obsidian clusters within the layer (4989, 4990 and 5005). This suggests that the area was used during this time both as somewhere to eposit waste form the ovens nearby, and for the production of obsidian tools. This is a rare example of in-situ obsidian tool production, so each flake that was found within the layer was accurately located to assist with refitting. The survival of an almost continuous floor layer above the area also marked a change from the later floors in the area (see 5090). Dry Sieve Information: Unknown if any dry seive 

Consistency: mostly friable 

Colour: varied between lenses - mainly mid greyish-brown with patches of black, pale ashy grey, orangish-brown, pale yellowish-white andpale brown 

Texture: varied between lenses - mostly clayey silt with patches of ash, charcoal, coprolite and clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: varied between lenses - high charcoal and fragmented bone content, also plaster flecks, clay lumps and occasional flecks of phytoliths, coprolite and shell 

Post-depositional Features: heavy salt encrustation in places 

Basal Boundary: distinct to the west, but more difficult to follw to the east where the various cuts through it made matters more complicated 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5003, 5006 below: (Click to view the record) 5090 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 17

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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