Unit 6102
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: floor and packing
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 1*1.2m
Discussion: Began digging in the eastern area near the bulk where the upper floor had been demaged and lower floor was visible. I tried to follow this lower floor and found that in the south area the upper floors popped off easily and there was a layer of thick salts covering the lower floors. There were several stones? or burnt clay bits to the north of the salt area and there seemed to be a burnt layer in the center of the unit (possibly a fire installation?). The floors in this area are badly demaged (crashed and broken) especially in the north of the unit and are very difficult to folow. They are also very hard and compact with a different fill and consistency from those in the diagonal north-east corner (those on beneth/platform)(3595) which I dug just previous to this unit.
Recognition: Directly above was another floor - partly demaged so could be seen in section
Definition: North and West border defined by grid - South by baulk and East by platforme edge
Execution: trowel and leaf trowel first by popping pieces than by scraping floor by floor
Condition: fairly moist and sticky
Consistency: hard and compact
Colour: 10 YR 7/2-6/3 light gray/ pale brown
Texture: clay 70-80 % silt 30-20%
Bedding: compound layers-layers of variable thickness which does not continue across the entire unit.
Inclusions: none outstanding, seems all clean fill/packing.
Post-depositional Features: layer of salts
Basal Boundary: lower floor type: anthropogenic distinctiness, very sharp contrast: distinct form: wavy slope down to south surface: uneven, burning in some areas, salts in some areas.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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Finds Room Information:
All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.
X Finds Material: nothing recorded
Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded
Lab Team Data
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 15
Unit description: Sample 2 >4 mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. Small unit, fairly fragmented, but with pieces up to ca. 3 cm. Most is not very weathered. A little burning, no digestion. All sheep-size except for one piece of antler and one microfauna fragment. No integrity. Doesn't look trampled, nor like clean floor. Resembles oven rake-out: looks more like what has been swept up than what is left behind after sweeping. Maybe a dirty, low-traffic area? Last number = 15Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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