Unit 31584

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: building material of the column 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: - L-shaped constructional element F.7726 / U.31584 was recorded in the North-Eastern corner of the Sp.531. It was set against the newly erected E-wall F.7736 whose construction reduced considerably the main room of the B.132.
The feature F.7726 was made of the different types of the reused building materials U.32765. Amongst the components one can enumerate dark-orange mortar(?), dark-grey bricks and amass of the mid-white plasters inserted into the one construction. The latter might be regarded as a column. However, its original role remains uncertain partially because it was heavily truncated by the later activities undertaken during the abandonment phase.
As regards to the evoked above material that was used for the construction of the column it composed of the components evidently regained from a dismantled plastered structure.
Worth noticing is that the feature F.7726 shared resemblance in many aspects with other construction that was localized in the north-central part of the Sp. 531. Apart from the same sort of material used for construction, they both must have been set after some time of the dwelling the main-room of the B.132. The notion is substantiated by the evidence of the two layers of the earliest floor 32090 that underlain horizontally the columns. The floors indicate that the constructional elements were not the part of the internal-furniture at the first stage of the occupation, but it was erected afterwards for unknown reason. One of the scenario assumes that the construction abutting the NE-corner of the room might have something to do with an decorative installation. The hypothesis is mostly based on the specific placement, which usually was related with more elaborated decorative elements within the buildings on the site. Additional possible function of the feature might have been related with supporting the corner and straightening the E-wall F.7736. as such it might be regarded also as a retention construction. The height of the column remains uncertain mostly due to the state of preservation. Whatever was set on the described spot it had been dismantled in the abandonment phase of the B.132. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: multicolored: mid-orange, mid-white, mi-grey 

Texture: clay, silty-clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: plaster- 15%, mortar - 40%, Bricks -40% 

Post-depositional Features: later truncations 

Basal Boundary: distinct - the surface of the floor 32090 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32090 below: (Click to view the record) 21670 equal to: (Click to view the record) 32765 

Dry sieve volume: 145 

Total Deposit Volume: 153 

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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