Unit 4379 

Category: layer    dug in 1999
 
Area: South 
 
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Interpretive Categories: wall plaster 
 
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: heterogeneous
 
Dimensions: 0.84m long ; 0.04m thick ; 0.17m deep 
 
Discussion: wall plaster against wall 448 - wall plaster was behind remnants of floor layers ( 4371 ) - so appears as if this plaster represents initial plastering(s) of wall post construction before floor layers built up against it. This wall plaster was resting on a narrow ledge formed by the offset between wall 448 and the wall below. 
 
Recognition: white plaster against wall 
Definition: clear 
Execution: trowel 
Condition: dry 
Consistency: friable 
Colour: white or pale cream/light brown 
Texture: clay silt 
Bedding: compound layered - a layer of brown silt material against the wall plaster included within unit. - the wall plaster proper ( 20mm thick ) - layered 4 or 5? 
Inclusions: v.occ. charcoal flecks < 2% 
Post-depositional Features: occ. salt flecks < 2% 
Basal Boundary: constructional/very sharp/distinct/smooth?/flat 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 4580, 4581, 4582 
below: (Click to view the record) 4371 
 
Dry sieve volume:
Total Deposit Volume:
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
 
 
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): IX 
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): SOUTH.K 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

16 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

164 
Features:: (Click to view the record)

448 (Wall)
 

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: Archive,Obsidian,shell,Stone 
 
Lab Team Data

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ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Ceramic Records: No
Clay Object Records: No
Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Conservation Recorded: No
Faunal Records: No
Figurine Records: No
GroundStone Records: No
Heavy Residue Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Microfaunal Records: No
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Phytolith Sample: No
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