Unit 4988

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: clean floors and make-up 

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

Dimensions: 0.94m (E-W), 1.07m (N-S), 0.04m deep 

Discussion: 4988 was a compound layer made up of a clayey orange floor layer (5090) overlying a more mixed clay/ plaster/ ash layer (what appears to have been a levelling deposit) in building 23/ space 178. It appears to represent the 'clean' floor layer and make-up deposit that was contemporary to the 'dirty' floor layer (4987) to its east and was overlain by the same orange clayey floor surface. The existence of a continuous floor surface within this deposit, distinguishes it from the later floor deposits in the area in which there was scanty evidence of clear floor surfaces. This could suggest that the area was used differently in this earlier phase, or otherwise that the floors were resurfaced more frequently and so have survived more intact. 

Consistency: mainly friable, but firm where it was very dry 

Colour: varied - pale orange brown and pale greyish-brown 

Texture: varied - silty clay and clayey silt 

Bedding: compound layered - two distinct layers 

Inclusions: 2-5% charcoal, 2% plaster, flecks of shell, phytoliths and tiny pebbles 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation and seriously cracked 

Basal Boundary: sharp and distinct to the west, sloping from west to east. To the east where it interleaved with contemporary 'dirty' floor layers, it was less distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5003, 5007 below: (Click to view the record) 5090 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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