Unit 4968

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Post base 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: pise-like; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 30 x 45 x 8cm 

Discussion: This is roughly rectangular shaped possibly post base, 30 x 40 x 150cm in dimensions. Thick plaster applied all over it. F 531 also butts to this. It is definitely different structure than F 536 which is containing this unit.

See also 4956 in order to find out the relation of this and floors. 

Recognition: By eye 

Definition: By colour 

Execution: By trowel 

Condition: Slightly damp 

Consistency: Firm and friable 

Colour: Greenish white to creamish white 

Texture: Clay 

Bedding: Compound 

Inclusions: Animal bone (<3, <2%), small stone particles (<0.5cm, <2%) phytoliths (<1, <5%) 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary:  

Dry sieve volume: 20 

Total Deposit Volume: 55 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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