Unit 11488

Category: layer    dug in 2004

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: layer to block hole when room blocked off,plaster packing/moulding 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: post; Material: mortar; Deposition: homogeneous

 

Description: partially excavated layer 

 

Discussion: Layer was running rouind front and back of pillaster as seen before execution of 11484, afterwards it appeared as a single block of white mortar construction material. Hard to say which came first, and whether pillaster has just twisted out of shape -

On execution realised plaster layer continued under material (not floor layers?) out to the East - means that pillaster appeared, then plaster put down, then this other grey material on top of that - is definitely not part of the floor layers, clearly visible furhter to the south; Maybe this is an infill of some sort put in when the other room was blocked up??

Still hard to say whether plaster moulding was primary, then incorporated into a pillaster or if pillaster first and plaster round it and then twisted: had initially believe this packing was moulding joining post hole F.1322 and pilaster F.1309 - but can't be as it continues. On balance seems more likely that plaster incorporated to pillaster makeup when east room sealed off.


Volume roughly calculated. EGW 21 July 2009 

 

Recognition: clear, by colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: SOFT, CRUMBLY, slightly lumpy 

Colour: white - offwhite 

Texture: silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 1 burnt stone 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrow through base of deposit, possible distortion as building slumped south? Pillaster nearby is twisted and cracked, this moulding was attached to it/sandwiched inbetween pillster and post setting in bench (F.1322) 

Basal Boundary: clear, distinct, smooth. During excavation realised apparent boundary to wall not the boundary, and that layer continued 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 11441 below: (Click to view the record) 11484 equal to: (Click to view the record) 11498 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 13 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 15 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 44

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 120

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1309 (pillar)

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: nothing recorded  

 

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: No

Ceramics Data for 2004 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

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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