Unit 4477 

Category: layer    dug in 1999
 
Area: South 
 
Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window
 
Interpretive Categories: Infill 
 
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous
 
Dimensions: 5.08m E-W; 1.78m: ? 
 
Discussion: (4477) is archaeological infill, exposed below Mellart backfill. It partly obscures E-W wall F482. Originally we thought it overlay N-S wall F507 but this wall lies immediately to the E. of what seems to be the E. limit of (4477). However, where N-S wall F447 ( above F507) has been excavated, you can see in section a layer of infill between these two walls. I suspect this material is the same as (4477), so our original assumption may be right. This may show up in the S. facing section of wall F448 ( to east of wall F447 ) this would be significant, because it would show a gap between construction of N-S walls F447 and F507. (4477) is not fully excavated. The level it has been taken down to, will serve as our first step-in, as we excavate to deeper levels.
(4477) is a very mixed deposit, comprising of orangey and grayish brown clayey silts, and substantial lensing of broken-up building material - mostly plaster and mortar, but with some brick remnants. 
 
Recognition: grayish, light to mid br., cl.silt infill, to W. of wall F.447 
Definition: a compact deposit, defined also by colour, below loose Mellart backfill 
Execution: planned. mattock and trowel 
Condition: dry at surface. slightly moist within. 
Consistency: firm 
Colour: grayish, light to mid brown/off-white pl./orangey-mid brown 
Texture: clayey silt. clay v.approx. 30%. clay/silt/lime plaster 
Bedding: massive 
Inclusions: occ. small to large bone and clay ball. small to med. obsid. v.occ.small to med. fired? mat. occ. shell & charcoal fl.<2% occ.sm. to l. stone 
Post-depositional Features: none 
Basal Boundary: not excavated to basal boundary 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 4512, 4595 
below:none 
equal to: (Click to view the record) 4508 
 
Dry sieve volume: 3750 
Total Deposit Volume: 3776 
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8
Number of Related Diary Entries: 3
 
 
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): SOUTH.J,SOUTH.J 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

23 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

178, 179 
Features::

none 

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,Building Material,Charcoal,Clay,Faunal,Flint,Micromorphology,Obsidian,Phytolith,shell,Stone 
 
Lab Team Data

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ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Ceramic Records: Yes
Ceramics GID List: (Click to view the record)

4477.S1 
Clay Object Records: No
Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 7 
Conservation Recorded: Yes
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Faunal Records: No
Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
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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