Unit 20802

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Levelling layer of plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Evenly thin plaster layer in and over slight depression, which will probably turn out to be a burial. It is cut in the north-west by u.19721 (F.7001) and in the south-east by u.19716.

The upper surface of the layer was quite even/levelled with the floor of platform F.3508, as if to smooth out/level an underlaying unevenness (burial?), but it was also slightly sloping towards the middle (eastern middle).

The layer is clearly visible on the daily sketch of 20130629, although it is not marked there (it had not yet been given a u-nr and begun to be escavated). On the sketch of 20130702 it has been removed. 

Consistency: Soft/friable 

Colour: Light beige/whitish 

Texture: Silt/chalk, with some sand in it 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal flakes less than 1%, hard white flakes of clay/lime rock fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Probably trampled. Truncated by u.19721 and u.19716. 

Basal Boundary: Matted/spread on underlaying layer. Sharp basal boundary. Slightly sloping towards the eastern middle. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20803 below:19721 and 19716

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

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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