Unit 4912

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mixed; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 2m (E-W) x 1.79m (N-S) x 0.12m thick 

Discussion: Area of floor layers covering central area of Space 173. Mostly consisting of various plaster-rich layers though some contained ashy deposits, particularly towards the south. Floors lapped up against a small platform to the west, a ridge of infill to the north and overlay more floor layers through which features were cut, which are sealed by (4912). 

Recognition: Large area of distinct pale layers 

Definition: Clearly bounded by darker layers to the north and south 

Execution: Trowel and mattock from edges 

Condition: Slightly moist, firm and possibly truncated 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Pale beige, brown and grey 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Compound layered 

Inclusions: <5% medium clay ball fragments, <2% charcoal flecks, small shell fragments, small bone fragments, medium stone and obsidian fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Some root and insect disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4913 below: (Click to view the record) 4911, 4909, 4798, 4895, 4897 

Dry sieve volume: 110 

Total Deposit Volume: 166 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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