Unit 4940

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Pit fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.28m (E-W) x 0.28m (N-S) x 0.04m thick 

Discussion: Fill of a small clay ball pit, situated just north of the fire installations in Space 173, and adjacent to another similar feature. Fill contained a number of crushed clay balls (cluster 4941). 

Recognition: Circular deposit surrounded by mixed materials 

Definition: Clear edges with other layers 

Execution: Trowel from edges 

Condition: Dry, compact, undamaged 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Pale orange-brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: 5% small clay ball fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Some root disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4942 below: (Click to view the record) 4923 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4941 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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:

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

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