Unit 5134

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Floor packing 

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

Dimensions: 2.28m e-w x 1.33m n-s x 0.12m thick 

Discussion: 5134 was a thick layer of clayey floor packing overlain by a thickish brown layer of trample/ floor surface was probably contemporary to the use of the oven F 556, in the south eastern area of building 23/ space 178. It was generally a very mixed deposit with no clear layering beneath the upper surface, and probably represents the earliest preparation of the area within the walls of the building for occupation. Although its north western edge was clearly defined and lapped up to wall F 551, to the south west it appeared to continue over the wall, and beneeath a fire installation which was being excavated. AS a result, a section of the deposit to the west was left un-excavated, and awaits excavation following the completion of the excavation of the hearth/ oven. 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Mostly mid greyish-brown with patches of yellowish white; greyish white, orangish-brown and dark grey 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Compound layered 

Inclusions: Varied between layers-5% charcoal, 5% stone, 10% clay lumps; occasional bits of shell, obsidian, bone, plaster and phytoliths 

Post-depositional Features: Salt encrustation 

Basal Boundary: Sharp/ distinct and smoth-overlying the infill beneath building 10 and the wall of the building beneath. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:4849?below: (Click to view the record) 5133 

Dry sieve volume: 225 

Total Deposit Volume: 256 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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