Unit 4791 

Category: layer    dug in 1999
 
Area: South 
 
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Interpretive Categories: floor surfaces, occupation debris and makeup layer,infill 
 
Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mixed; Deposition: composite (floor/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)
 
Dimensions: 1.63m (E-W), 2.04m (N-S), 0.08m deep 
 
Discussion: 4791 was a compound layer consisting of layers of floor surface, make-up and occupation debris, which relate to the use of the area contemporary to the use of the oven F ??? in the 'dirty' south east corner of building 23. The extent of this deposit directly underlies that of the later 'dirty deposits in the area. This once again shows continuity in the use of the area over a long period. It also suggests that the same 'dirty' area was defined informally in the earlier use of the building before the partition F528 and oven F529 were constructed and defined the area more formally. As in the later phases of use, the area seems to have been used for the dumping of oven rake-out, food waste and other indeterminable occupation debris and intermittently leveled using mixed clayey layers. For most of the extent of the deposit, there were no clear floor surfaces remaining, however in the north east corner there was evidence that at least three floor surfaces existed in the area and extended into the clean area to the north. 
 
Consistency: mostly friable, firm in places 
Colour: varied between layers - dark brown, dark greyish-brown (esp. to the west), paler yellowish-brown (south east corner), mid grey, mid greyish-brown (north east corner), dark grey (north west corner), yellowish-white (north east corner), black, orangish-brown, pale grey 
Texture: varied between layers - mostly silty clay with patches of purer clay, ash and sandy clay 
Bedding: compound layered 
Inclusions: varied between layers - a high charcoal content and varying amounts of plaster, clay, ash, bone pieces, stones, obsidian, phytoliths, ochre, coprolite and shell 
Post-depositional Features: heavy salt encrustation, esp. to the south east 
Basal Boundary: sharp and distinct along its western edge, less distinct where it sloped down steeply to the east 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 4953, 4960, 4970 
below: (Click to view the record) 4507, 4786, 4787 
 
Dry sieve volume: 30 
Total Deposit Volume: 62 
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
 
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,Faunal,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:: 3 
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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