Unit 4504 

Category: layer    dug in 1999
 
Area: South 
 
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Interpretive Categories: floor layers 
 
Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: white clay; Deposition: composite (floor/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)
 
Dimensions: 2.69 N-s by 2.49 by 0.05m max. depth 
 
Discussion: (4504) was a band of floor layers recorded under one unit number. Thickness varied from 10-50mm, 30mm about average. The number, and type of layers visible, varied considerably throughout the deposit, dependent on differing degreees of wear. The max. no. of layers I could clearly detect by eye was nine, but I suspect that under magnification, there would be many more micro layers visible. As is usual, the layers comprised of very thin ( approx. 1-3mm ), white plaster floors with thicker ( approx. 3-10mm ), levelling/bedding, clayey silt layers inbetween. 
 
Consistency: firm 
Colour: off-white plaster/light to mid. browns/ mid to dark grays 
Texture: clayey silts (approx. 30 -40/60-70), clay/silt/lime plasters - too thin to gauge % 
Bedding: layered 
Inclusions: occ. charcoal fl. <2%, v. occ., small, obsid., bone, fired material, clay ball? occ. to mod., v.small, white siliceous plant remains <5% 
Post-depositional Features: trunc. at east + west by Mellart's excavations, to the south by cut (4510). There's a possible post-indentation to ward the south - see plan 
Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, abrupt to gradual, distinct to faint, smooth to slightly uneven 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 4511, 4858 
below: (Click to view the record) 4503, 4505 
 
Dry sieve volume: 35 
Total Deposit Volume: 96 
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
 
 
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): SOUTH.J 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

23 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

178 
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,Clay,Faunal,Flint,Obsidian,shell,Stone 
 
Lab Team Data

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ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: Yes
Count of records:: 3 
Ceramic Records: No
Clay Object Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 
Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 11 
Conservation Recorded: No
Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 11 
Unit description: Flot sample 2843 - completely analyzed Generally light brown with a small amount of burnt material. Average size is less than 1 cm, nothing is identifiable to element. There is very little material and it is very untrampled looking - more fill-like. Flot sample 4504, samlpe#3, 100% sorted was also competely recorded. The only identifiable bone was a distal sesamoid of 014 category. Very fragmented and nearly all bones are under 1cm in size. Last numer = 11
Figurine Records: No
GroundStone Records: No
Heavy Residue Records: Yes
Count of records:: 3 
Microfaunal Records: No
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Phytolith Sample: No
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