Unit 4501

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: const. debris/fill 

Data Category Information: Description: 60's

Dimensions: 0.80 N-S by o.68 by ? 

Discussion: (4501) was a mixed deposit - clayey silt, with substantial , small to lge. irregular 'lensing' of plaster frags. Initially, I thought this was wall collapse, assoc. with F.482 ( to the N.), or a wall above F.482 - part of the same event as (4499). However, there were thin (2-5mm approx,) layers visible within (4501). These layers were not in synch. with (4500) to the W. (floor layers). Perhaps (4501) is a 'demolition' dump, contemporary with (4499), including floor and/or roof deposits??

NB. The discrepancy in levels at eastern limits of (4500) and (4501) above - i.e. level 2 (4501) is lower than level 3 (4500), represents a digging error. The stratigraphy is correct. 

Consistency: soft to firm 

Colour: light to mid brown / off-white to v.pale brown plaster 

Texture: clayey silt (approx. 30/70) 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: occ. charcoal flecks to small frags. <2% mod. small, white siliceous plant remains <5% 

Post-depositional Features: trunc. at E. by Mellart excavations 

Basal Boundary: abrupt, distinct, smooth to slightly uneven 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4500 below: (Click to view the record) 4499 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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