Unit 5240

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: surface 

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

Dimensions: 1.95 x 1.35 x 0.02-5m 

Description: surface N of space 182. Mixed in composition - description below is for piece at S end but may differ elsewhere 

Discussion: Mixed surfaces / occupation equivalent to 5231/4 in south of space. This is the latest ocupation in the area with numerous in-situ (or at least untrampled) finds. The matrix itself is very mixed including orange deposits (as in 5231), scrappy plaster surfaces - much less coherent than 5234 - and areas of phytoliths - which were not found in the south of the space.
The centre of the space was disturbed by ?later cut features - particularly on the west side - and there was no direct connection between 5240 and 5234 (the latter lying a few cm higher in this area). However, they must be contemporary given the similarity of the occupation deposits and joining sherds (5240 X.17 joins 5231 X16-20). 

Consistency: friable (firm in places) 

Colour: orange / mid-brown 

Texture: silty loam (orange soil) / silty clay (brown makeup) 

Bedding: compound layered - here is mixed deposit c2cm thick consisting of 'orange' surface over brown soil with flecks of charcoal + plaster, then a discontinuous lower 'orange' which had phytoliths at its base. 

Inclusions: c10%whitish plaster, c5% brick fragments, 2% small scharcoal, 2% phytoliths (to c4mm) (NB some of the phytolith layer 5244 came off with this deposit, as with 5238) 

Post-depositional Features: some loose patches and cracks (probabaly from driving in shoring) 

Basal Boundary: sharp over 5244, becoming more diffuse to S 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5244, 5242, 5243 below: (Click to view the record) 5241, 5238 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 52 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 55

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 20

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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