Unit 4321 

Category: layer    dug in 1999
 
Area: South 
 
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Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window
 
Interpretive Categories: infilling 
 
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous
 
Dimensions: 5.1m n-s, 1.9 to 2.2m w-e 
 
Discussion: General infill in space 173, ? level VIII to VII in 'antechamber' to building 6.

Also fill in F.500 
 
Recognition: fill under wall 401 (probably extending below wall 400 also) 
Definition: north - north wall shrine 10, building 6 south - continues into section east - west wall of shrine 10, building 6 west - continues under wall 401 
Execution: trowel / mattock 
Condition: good 
Consistency: compact but soft 
Colour: darkish brown with small patches of lighter orangey brown + plaster 
Texture: clayey silt (more clayey that 4390) 
Bedding: massive 
Inclusions: occasional charcoal flecks, bone frags, clay ball frags, stones. Moderate brick/mortar/plaster frags 
Post-depositional Features: roots/insects/truncated by wall construction 
Basal Boundary: non-existent, arbitrary stop with layers 4439/40/41 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 4439, 4440, 4441, 4451 
below: (Click to view the record) 4340 
equal to: (Click to view the record) 4437 
 
Dry sieve volume: 16875 
Total Deposit Volume: 16907 
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 8
 
 
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): SOUTH.L 
Related Photos: 16 (Opens as a group in a new window) 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

6 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

173 
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: Clay,Stone 
Finds Material Stored: Archive,Building Material,Charcoal,Clay,Eggshell,Faunal,Flint,Obsidian,Pottery,Shell,Stone 
 
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)

4321.S1, 4321.S10, 4321.S11, 4321.S12, 4321.S13, 4321.S2, 4321.S3, 4321.S4, 4321.S5, 4321.S6, 4321.S7, 4321.S8, 4321.S9 
Clay Object Records: No
Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 24 
Conservation Recorded: Yes
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Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 8 
Unit description: Only worked bone recorded. Last number = 8
Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records:: 5 
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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