Unit 23940

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: plaster layer of platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: unpainted

Description: This is the plastered platform F. 8659 

Discussion: This is the plaster layer of platform F. 8659 placed on a SE part of the B. 150, belonging to one of the reconstructions of this platform during occupation of the building. It is placed directly against eastern wall of B. 150. Plaster layer was very heterogeneous and contained many very thin internal striations (white, grey, black). Two x-finds were found in this layer - worked bone and bead. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: mixed white, orange and grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32805 below: (Click to view the record) 31895 equal to: (Click to view the record) 32804 

Dry sieve volume: 42 

Total Deposit Volume: 72 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): III, IV 

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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