Unit 2145

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: plaster layer 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: painted

Dimensions: 1.10 x 0.5 m, c.15mm thick 

Discussion: Wall plaster within space 110. Outer layers all clean white, rest burnt grey to brown on F10 and along most of F.. .. all layers on wall F .. .. unburnt, white plaster. Bricks behind wall F .. .. burnt red, must relate to an earlier episode of burning, 2 scenarios:
1, wall burnt before first plaster coat
2, wall burnt, plaster removed and new plaster put on wall, later burnt by another fire.
Only problem with the 2nd scenario is that in the latest phase of space 110 burnt plaster was simply plastered over, not removed, so maybe scenario 1 is most likely. 'Ritual' burning??

Red paint on F10 wall plaster, only clearly visible on lower wall (where it joins with red painted floor) and western half of F10
'Greyness' of burnt wall plaster suggests low oxygen condition. 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: slightly firm 

Colour: 10YR 4/1 gark grey to 10 YR 8/1 white 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layer 

Inclusions: plaster fragemnts <5mm, 2% 

Post-depositional Features: roots - 10%, burning on S wall face 

Basal Boundary: sharp, distinct, flat 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2186, 2183, 2153, 2187, 2182 below: (Click to view the record) 1279, 1282 

Dry sieve volume: 70 

Total Deposit Volume: 100 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

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  

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