Unit 21355

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Clean grey plaster floors with gypsum salts 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Sequence of two grey floors with their respectives alluvial clay make-up underneath (thickness of finishing coats 1mm each; thickness of clay make-ups 2mm each). These floors appear to have been severely disturbed by gypsum reprecipitation, a taphonomic process that is found further down in the profile. The causes of this phenomenon are still unclear.

No cut edge has been found: this floor sequence is lying on top of an heterogeneous infill U.21358, which also shows evidence of gypsum reprecipitation (milimetric salt inclusions). It is likely that this floor sequence was excavated as part of the floor unit above, 21343 in the SE limit of this layer due to the depositional disturbance present in this area and the difficulty entailed in following the floors, thus creating the effect that there was a cut in this area. 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Brownish grey 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: None 

Post-depositional Features: Abundant gypsum reprecipitation, bioturbation 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic, irregular, gradual, diffuse, slight S slope 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21163 below: (Click to view the record) 21343 equal to: (Click to view the record) 21343 

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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