 Unit 4444
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| Category: layer dug in 1999 |
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| Area: South |
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| Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window |
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| Interpretive Categories: organic layer,post occupation |
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| Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple |
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| Dimensions: 1.9m e-w, 1.8m n-s, 0.5cm 1-3cm thick |
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Discussion: A layer of complex interfacing lenses of organic material-straw like phytoliths, coprolite material, charcoal and flecks of plaster and brick.
As this is spread over the southern area of Space 173, over a hearth, platform and crawl hole it seems to pre-?? the last use of this room prior to its filling in by 4321 (etc). Dry Sieve Information: Unknown if any dry seive |
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| Recognition: Recognised as layers 4440 and 4441 peeled off very easily onto this organic layer |
| Definition: In space 173 with east-west face of wall 484, west-east face of wall 479, south-southern section, north-truncated (by cleaning?) |
| Execution: Trowel |
| Condition: Moist |
| Consistency: Crumbly |
| Colour: Mid brown with white cream frequent mottling and one dark brown and browny orange mottling |
| Texture: Sandy silt |
| Bedding: Multi lensed and micro layers of 'deposits' |
| Inclusions: Some kinds of phytoliths, charcoal, coprolite type material. Flecks of plaster and mud brick very frequent. |
| Post-depositional Features: N/A |
| Basal Boundary: Came off a range of easily identified units, including hearth, platform edge, platform make-up and burnt deposits. |
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| Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): |
| above: (Click to view the record) 4809, 4609, 4885, 4603, 4447, 4799, 4810, 4797 |
| below: (Click to view the record) 4439, 4440, 4441, 4446, 4721, 4451 |
| equal to: (Click to view the record) 4461 |
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| Total Deposit Volume: 0 |
| Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3 |
| Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1 |
| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
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| Settlement Phase: |
| Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII |
| Associated Hodder Level (from Space): SOUTH.L |
Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| Features::
none |
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| 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: Chipped Stone |
| Finds Material Stored: Archive,Faunal,Flint,obsidian,shell,Stone |
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Lab Team Data
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.
ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: Yes
Count of records:: 1 | | Ceramic Records: Yes | Ceramics GID List: (Click to view the record)
| | Clay Object Records: No | Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 6 | | Conservation Recorded: No | | Faunal Records: No | | Figurine Records: No | | GroundStone Records: No | Heavy Residue Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 | Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records | Phytolith Sample: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples |
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