Unit 3681
Category: layer dug in 1998
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: floor
Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: white clay; Deposition: multiple
Dimensions: 1.40 x 0.74 x 0.01
Discussion: (3681) consisted of 2 layers of yellowish white plaster separated by a skim of ashy grey material. It probably represents 2 episodes of floor plastering during a period of use in between which charcoally deposits (possibly from the oven to the W) accumulated on the floor surface. As with the ashy layer above (3681)/(3673) it was contained within the plaster lips to the N and E. (3681) clearly ran over the plaster lip to the N but did not reach the lip to the E, so its relationship to this is hard to deduce.
Recognition: A yellowish white layer of plaster with pale greysih underlay.
Definition: Defined by salt encrustation.
Execution: Leaf trowel.
Condition: Dry.
Consistency: fairly friable
Colour: plaster; 2.5 Y 8/2 pale yellow; underlay 2.5 Y 7/1 light grey
Texture: chalky clay
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: occasional flecks of charcoal, clay, shell and phytoliths
Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation
Basal Boundary: sharp/distinct/smooth/level/marked in places by salt encrustation
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 10
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):
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:: 1
Unit description: This material is from flotation only. It is from the plaster floor in space 117 of bdg 5, and is a very tiny unit. in the 1mm sort there is microfauna (mostly teeth), enamel from a dog-sized animal tooth, and three fish scales. The 4mm contains 4 small unidentifiable fragments, none of which are burned or digested. As usual, the floor is very clean. Last Number = 1Figurine 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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