Unit 32305

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: wall plaster 

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

Discussion: Wall plaster located by the northwestern platform F.7950 on northern wall F.7707. This unit represernts is the later 20+ layers of plastering that took place on the wall. Each layer of pure white marl plaster is preceded by a brown or greyish brown makeup layer. And during excavation I removed at least 20 such consecutive plaster / make-up combinations. Towards the bottom of the context, located centrally with regards to the platform, the plasters peeled off to a ground stone stuck on the wall during an earlier repair / niche reduction phase.

The entirety of the northern wall seems to have been plastered the same way across its use-life. The decision to stop at the stone was made because it seems as though the stone was placed into the niche at the level of the current floors that are exposed on the platform.

A small section of these 20+ layers remains on the wall -- it is simply to baked into the earlier levels of plasters. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: greyish white / yellowish white 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: small plant imprints, 5-10% 

Post-depositional Features: animal and plant activity, truncated by later building episodes 

Basal Boundary: sharp but difficult to follow due to the condition of the plaster(s) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32314, 32344 below: (Click to view the record) 22635 

Total Deposit Volume: 17 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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:

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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