Unit 21666

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: wall plaster on the eastern face of the wall F7346 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Unit no. 21666 was assigned for wall plaster covering the eastern face of the western limit of Sp.531 (B.132). The plaster was not excavated in 2015, however, in the course of the research the most upper-south part of the plaster had been in danger due to carried out works related with exposing the actual edges of the crawl-hole (F.7856). Additionally, during the work it appeared that within the SW corner there is a white-plastered wall installation whose affiliation remained unclear due to crack running across the corner and situated behind extensive animal burrow.
After recording whole context on the 3-D model and taking extra pictures of specific elements within the corner the exploration focused on excavating infill 21664 placed within the uncertain (at that stage) extension of the hole, as well as demolition of later wall addition, that dangerously overhung the entrance. The latter task of the research hazardously disturbed stability of the plaster and especially the wall-installation which must have been removed and recorded as X1, under unit number of the plaster 21666.
The further examination of the X-find was carried out by the conservation team who below the thin white coating revealed imaginative features of the molded face with obsidian eyes, narrowly grooved mouth and significant red decorative linear patterns of paintings. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: white, mid-white, creame 

Texture: marl, silty-marl 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing, constructional activities 

Basal Boundary: distinct, sharp-construcional 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 22019, 22020 equal to: (Click to view the record) 22029, 22030 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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