Unit 3286

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: infilling,pit fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 0.62 m W-E / 0.41 N-S / 0.39 m deep 

Description: description same as / copied from 3255 

Discussion: infilling of cut [3289] in NE corner of space 154. It is identical to the general infilling of space 154 

Recognition: pit edges 

Definition: pit edges 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: Varies from loose to friable 

Colour: 10YR 5/6 yellowish brown, Colour of this layer is very patchy, has also 7.5YR 6/8 reddish yellow patches and patches of 7.5 YR 2.5/2 very dark brown 

Texture: slightly ashy silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: hard clay fragments (1&, 1-2mm), charcoal fragments(<1%, 2mm), plaster frags (30-40%, size varies 2-10mm), fragemtns of reddish material - possibly brick (4%, 3-5mm) 

Post-depositional Features: very few roots, salt deposits which lie on top of plaster floor below 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, sharp, contrast is prominent, form is smooth, slopes downwards to the south, surfaces are pitted in places 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3289 below: (Click to view the record) 3225 

Dry sieve volume: 120 

Total Deposit Volume: 147 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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