Unit 21255

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plaster floor base bench construction 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: this unit represent a reused plaster floor in the construction base of bench F7410. in fact it is a part of plaster floor (level1 phase II) on the platform F7411, U21253 as well as U21264 the plaster base bench F7429. 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: light brown, and then gray on the bottom 

Texture: Plaster : silty clayey lime. Light brown layer: silty sand 

Bedding: Compound layered, silty sand light brown layer then plaster on top layer 

Inclusions: small charcoal, clay aggregates, phytolith 

Post-depositional Features: makeup layers are trampled and more compact 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, very sarp, prominent, smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21257 below: (Click to view the record) 21789 equal to: (Click to view the record) 21253, 21264 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 23 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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