Unit 14752

Category: Layer    dug in 2007

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: wall plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: unpainted

Dimensions: 7.85 m E-W x 1.20 m high 

Discussion: The plaster was easiest to remove on the Eastern and middle area of the wall. In the western area, the corner, the plaster was much more difficult to remove. The plaster was thinnest on the western side of the wall where it was best bonded and difficult to remove. It was thickest in the middle. 

Recognition: Thick white crust that easily pells off mudbrick wall 

Definition: Very clear 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: warm, still 

Consistency: dusty surface, compact and hard 

Colour: off-white 

Texture: marl plaster 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: some animal disturbance, some cracking (persumably from exposure to sun and heat) and the well-defined post retrieval pits 

Basal Boundary: clear on all boundaries where plaster .. (or missing) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14764, 14759, 14760 below:14739 (floor)equal to: (Click to view the record) 14755 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 125 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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