Unit 4941

Category: Cluster    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Clay ball cluster 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Material: clayball; Deposition: primary deposition

Dimensions: 0.21m (N-S) x 0.21m (E-W) x 0.03m deep 

Discussion: Small cluster of mostly crushed and broken clay balls within the fill (4940) of a small cut [4942], which lay adjacent to another similar feature and in a similar position to a similar feature in Space 163. The feature appears to have been utilized as a store for clay balls, adjacent to fire installations. 

Recognition: Group of clay balls 

Definition: Within pit fill 

Execution: Trowel from edges 

Condition: Cracked and crumbly 

Consistency: Dard but friable 

Colour: Very dark greyish brown 

Texture: Silty clay loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: None 

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) 4940 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of X-Finds 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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