Unit 2259
Category: layer dug in 1998
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: collapsed wall and plaster
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 120 x 110 cm.
Discussion: This unit represents space between an inner wall on the west side and the control profile on its east. The excavation started from the north wall where lumps of white plaster were visible on the surface of the previous unit. Following this white plaster sloping southwards, it was possible to remove the infill soil and uncover large portions of plaster and mudbricks that collapsed in this area. The soil that was covering this plaster was greyish with white inclusions (flecks) on the surface of the unit, becoming more brownish with the same kind of inclusions in the layer immediately above the collapsed plaster. In the area shown on the sketch above, lumps of burnt clay were shown. These kind of lumps are visible in the profile. It seems that the thickness of this layer of lumps was about 10 cm. It also seems that underneath this plaster was a burnt surface and it was a more solid one (as it might be on a platform/floor) from that overlying it. Some other blocks of plaster also have this kind of slight burning on the exposed surface in this area.
Having exposed some of the areas of the collapsed plaster, (that might represent remains of a floor/platform as well) in this unit, it was decided to take off a part of the control profile in this area (next to the northern wall of the building) that divides unit 2259 and 2204. In unit 2204, the same kind of plaster (collapsed or from platform?) was encountered. Southwards, in these two units, the aim was to establish the boundary of the collapsed plaster (or floor), that has a lot of fallen brick and packed deposits on top from the remains of roof further south.
Recognition: Colour and composition
Definition: Up to a wall on 2 sides (N & W) and to the profile on E side
Execution: Trowel in spits
Condition: Dry (very) Dry (very)
Consistency: Loose
Colour: whitish gray
Texture: sand loam
Bedding: compound layered wavy
Inclusions: frequent flecks of plaster inclusions and large inclusions of brick
Post-depositional Features: salts, roots
Basal Boundary:
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 105.5
Total Deposit Volume: 135
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
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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