Unit 19193

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Plaster floor & make up 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: white clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Plaster surface on platform 7411 with thick make-up layer below. Plaster is quite thin in places-especially towards the western edge of the plat. Suggesting heavier use on this side. Make up layer was also thicker on this edge were the platform slumps slight were the platform slumps slightly into centre of the building. Both deposits were remarkably sterile & 2 buckets were sieved yielding no finds be here the remainder of the deposit was dumped.

The western edge of the deposit was not plastered over suggesting that either this had worn away, the edge was somehow truncated or perhaps it was deliberately not plastered.



As deposit below (u19195) is probably the same as 19186 to the west, this deposit (19193) is the first action to build a platform in this area. 

Consistency: Compact 

Colour: Light grey white plaster & mixed light grey & orange make up 

Texture: slightly silty lime plaster & silty clay make up 

Bedding: composite-laminated plaster & mottled makeup 

Inclusions: very occasional ash & grit 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: Clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19195 below: (Click to view the record) 19192 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 90 

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:

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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