Unit 23604

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: infill of basin 

Data Category Information: Location: floor (packing only); Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Pre-excavation - from the top there looks to be a thick white plaster layer about 2-3cm thick running around the perimeter of the fill, with a light grey to white centre, which is where the archive sample came from. This turned out to be quite chunky/irregular in nature, with lots of small chunky balls of yellow and orange clay that were also covered in the grey-white plaster. The bottom of the fill (interface between grey-white plaster and white plaster that rimmed the perimeter) turned out to be not smoothed or super distinct from the plastery make-up that comprised this fill. Although the centre was more grey, it was very patchy and contained a lot of large white patches identical to the white perimeter. Eventually I just took out everything as the same fill with slight variations in colour. 

Consistency: soft/friable 

Colour: dirty white to light grey 

Texture: 50% silt, 50% clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: clay aggregates (frequent - roughly 50% - small chunky balls of yellow and orange clay) 

Post-depositional Features: N/A 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, abrupt, prominent, wavy, flat, uneven 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32779 below: (Click to view the record) 32778 

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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