Unit 20833

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plaster on sides of NE platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: plaster; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: This unit was a plaster layer around the W and S sides of the NE platform of space 370. It was identified as stratigraphically above layer 20831 but not excavated beforehand because of the burials being taken out in platform 3508 next to (and physically underneath) the NE platform. The plaster was 2-4 cm thick around the platform and there were at least 15 layers of replastering above the original (thicker) deposit of plaster. The S side of the platform was more difficult to excavate because it was crumbling from previous seasons excavation of the post-retrieval pit that abuts the eastern wall. 20833 was clearly above a later of makeup (20838) that also grew more fragmentary toward the southern side. 

Consistency: strong/compact 

Colour: beige 

Texture: silty 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: coal <2% 

Post-depositional Features: n/a 

Basal Boundary: On the western side, clear and even above plaster of u.20831, on the southern side patchy and uneven (above layer u.20831). 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20838 

Total Deposit Volume: 6 

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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