Unit 3169

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mixed; Deposition: composite (floor/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

Dimensions: c. 0.40 x 0.40 m x 20 mm thick 

Discussion: Deposit seems to reach a basal boundary with room infill level below. Centre of unit has a dense ashy midden type deposit. Appears to be the first floor type levelled in after the room was filled. 

Recognition: layer visible by colour and texture 

Definition: defined well to S wall, eroded and diffuse towards N boundary 

Execution: trowel (overdug to the N) 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose and soft, surface broke clearly away 

Colour:  

Texture:  

Bedding: layered- several floor layers 

Inclusions: charcoal 5%, flecks and small lumps, bone 2%, plant remains 2%, shell 2%, midden type deposit in centre of unit 

Post-depositional Features: some roots and slt 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, abrupt boundary, prominent by colour and texture, but uneven and pitted 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3321 below: (Click to view the record) 3188 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3168, 3166, 3167, 3711 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

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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