Unit 17576
Category: Layer dug in 2009
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: plaster on decorative moulding
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: moulding; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: unpainted
Description: Plaster shelf-like feature, approx 18cm in diameter.
2014:
Feature removed in 2014.
Re-situed during conservation, this decorative feature or shelf was constructed using sucessive plaster layers. Mellart described similar features at Catalhoyuk as breasts.
Feature was dismanteled from the back. Previous conservation (conservtion grout and an unknown adhesive) was removed first using a combination of tools (flat head screwdriver and a paint scraper). During deconstruction a section (back, top left) became detached and worked obsidan was found paritally covered in conservation groups and the unknown adhesieve. The remaining previous conservation was removed as well as the fiberglass rods. The hollow inside of the feature was revealed and it was fiilled with conservation grout. The grout was removed but nothing was found inside. The feature was then fully dismantled using a mattock.
Discussion: Plaster shelf-like feature, apprx. 18 cm indiameter. Re-situed during conservation, this decorative feature or shelf was consructed using successive plaster layers. Mellart described similar feaures at catalhoyuk as breasts.
Feature was dismantled from the back. Previous conservation (conservation grout & unknown adhesive) was removed. First using a combination of tools ( flat headscrewdriver& paint scraper) during deconstuction a section ( back, top-left) became detached and worked obsidian was found partially covered in conservation grout 7 the unknown adhesive. The remaining previous conservation was removed, as well as the fiber glass rods. The hollow inside of the feature was filled with conservation grout. The grout was removed but nothing was found inside. The feture was then fully dismantled using a mattock. (removed 2014). No samples taken as feature was extremely contaminated by conservation material. Heights need to be recalculated after elevation drawings are completed, to be done post-ex. As such the feature remains open.
Consistency: firm
Colour: white/ beige
Texture: clay
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: plant imprints
Post-depositional Features: insect/ plant activity
Basal Boundary: sharp
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 30
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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: 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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2009 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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