Unit 20029

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

 

Area: South 

 

Interpretive Categories: plaster floor on central platform 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: white clay; Deposition: single; Basal Spit: unpainted

 

Description: This unit Is a clay plaster layer of a white, light greyish colouring on top of platform F.3440. It has a clear boundry and truncation of an animal burrow. 

 

Discussion: When excavating unit 18978 and finding that it was purly plaster bench with a small layer of packing underneath, it was decided to excavate this unit to see if these two plaster layers were related (lipping up etc). This unit is a thick layer of plaster with a makeup packing layer underneath. There are also three depressions in the plaster/platform which are thought to be burials. 

 

Consistency: Clay 

Colour: White, Light grey 

Texture: Friable 

Bedding: Compound 

Inclusions: N/A 

Post-depositional Features: truncation 

Basal Boundary: Clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20079 below: (Click to view the record) 20013 equal to:none 

 

Dry sieve volume:

Total Deposit Volume: 10 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Buildings: (Click to view the record)

80 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

135 
Features:: (Click to view the record)

3440 (platform)
 

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No
Ceramics Data for 2013 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
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Phytolith Sample: No
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