 Unit 4923
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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: Floor make-up |
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| Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple |
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| Dimensions: 2.45m + (N-S) x 2m (E-W) x 0.05m thick |
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| Discussion: Large spread of variable thickness floor make-up layers between the ashy area in the south of Spave 173 and the centre of the space. Very thin towards the south where it provides a thin cover over burnt deposits and burial F537. |
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| Recognition: Mixeed deposit below floors and above burnt deposits |
| Definition: Contrasts with surrounding deposits |
| Execution: Trowel and mattock from edges |
| Condition: Dry, firm and patchy |
| Consistency: Firm |
| Colour: Mottled grey, brown and beige |
| Texture: Silty clay |
| Bedding: Compound layered |
| Inclusions: <2% charcoal flecks, small stones, small clay ball fragments and small bone fragments |
| Post-depositional Features: Some root and insect disturbance |
| Basal Boundary: Diffuse, irregular, anthropic |
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| Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): |
| above: (Click to view the record) 4924, 4935, 4933, 4928, 4940, 4941 |
| below: (Click to view the record) 4922, 4920 |
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| Dry sieve volume: 55 |
| Total Deposit Volume: 90 |
| Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3 |
| 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: Stone |
| Finds Material Stored: Archive,Clay,Eggshell,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:: 2 | | Ceramic Records: No | | Clay Object Records: No | Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 9 | | Conservation Recorded: No | | Faunal Records: No | | Figurine Records: No | | GroundStone Records: No | Heavy Residue Records: Yes
Count of records:: 2 | 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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