Unit 3795

Category: layer    dug in 1998

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: floor 

 

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

 

Dimensions: c.1.0 m N-S x c.0.70 m E-W x c.0.01 m thick 

 

Discussion: This unit represents a layer of floor located at the middle area of space 159. It is not a plastered Catal floor, it is quite different from others. First of all it is quite a dirty floor, and second it seems to be quite organic. There are a lot of phytoliths and plant impressions around which all seem to be like chaff. There is also quite a large amount of charcoal. And let's not forget the obsidian chips. This floor (3795) peeled off from another floor which seems to have the same properties. 

 

Recognition: Distinctive colour and texture came under floor (3759). 

Definition: It fades away gently on its S, W and N, defined by wall (?) on E. But its main definition is actually its yellowish brown colour. 

Execution: Leaf trowel. 

Condition: Good. 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: 10 YR 7/4 very pale brown to 6/3 pale brown 

Texture: silty (some parts contain ash aswell) 

Bedding: layered, there are a lot of very very thin lenses that seem to be the same deposits 

Inclusions: 30% flecks of phytolith; 15% flecks to small sized pieces of charcoal; c.2% chips of obsidian; <2% medium sized pieces of plaster 

Post-depositional Features: flecks of salt, animal burrowing, insect and root activity 

Basal Boundary: very sharp and smooth basal boundary sloping down from N to S 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3796 below: (Click to view the record) 3784, 3786 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 24

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 159

Features:: none

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine 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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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