Unit 12699

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Floor layer covering roughly L-shaped area of platform F.1656 and overlying the western edge of a possible grave cut in the slumped area. Obsidian cluster (13600) is concerntrated in the south-western corner and may represent a knapping area rather than swept debris as the flakes a quite dispersed across the southern edge of the platform. 

Recognition: colour change, floor beneath plaster layer (12693) 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot / dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: grey/brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: occasional charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13603, 13698 below: (Click to view the record) 12693 equal to: (Click to view the record) 13600 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 10 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

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