Unit 4370

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: wall plaster 

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

Dimensions: 4.66 m E-W x 0.05 m x 0.75 m overall depth 

Discussion: Plaster face overlying the S. facing wall in space 164, Building 7. Partly surviving, but with substancial remnants in the central area, and smaller deposits towards W & E. limits. Generally dry, and easy to peel off the brick and mortar, though some of the larger frags. ( around 50mm thick ), were slightly moist against the wall surface. Average thickness of the plaster varied between 5-10mm though 10-15mm was common throughout. The largest frags. were approx. 1.0m E of the W. nail - one of which was kept as a plaster sample. Approx. 38 litres excavated overall. 

Recognition: white plaster face partly surviving 

Definition: clear definition from exposed wall behind plaster face 

Execution: towel 

Condition: dry. very slightly moist in thickest fragments at wall face 

Consistency: soft to firm 

Colour: off-white 

Texture: lime plaster ( silt ) 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: minor small root disturbance 

Basal Boundary: constructional, distinct, slightly wavy 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4371 below: (Click to view the record) 4300 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 174 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): IX 

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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