Unit 16654

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Painted plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: painted

Discussion: Painted wall plaster. Red and black geometric designs. Possibly same as paintings recorded on N+E walls round platform F.1651 in 2006. Excavated out of phase, should be earlier than current phase of platform F. 1651. . Appears that dry sieve volume of zero is valid 19/08/09 SAJ 

Recognition: Colour 

Definition: Hard to define 

Execution: Leaf 

Condition: Hot 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: White with red and black paint 

Texture: Clay plaster 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: Dry, cracked, truncated by animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: Sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17415, 17480 below: (Click to view the record) 17427 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 1 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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