Unit 4453

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 2m by 1m high by 0.01m thick 

Description: (Nails not located) 

Discussion: Wall plaster - small piece of wall plaster visible extending around corner onto wall F.484 above crawlhole F.500.

Plaster on level VIII wall to north of space 173 which stood 0.45-0.5m high when recorded. Present on nearly whole wall face (gaps may simply reflect where wall has dried out and plaster collapsed). Generally 4 - 6mm thick but more when filling depressions in wall face and in lower part at western side the plaster is up to 30mm thick and overhangs the level IX wall below.

At eastern end in contrast the wall is set back from the level IX wall face which appears to form North arm of bin F.488. At the base of the wall plaster ?surfaces appear to run right up to the bricks a few cm above the base of the wall as excavated. 

Recognition: White plaster on wall - present on wall face 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry, and crumbly - except at base where freshly exposed and relatively moist. 

Consistency: Friable - firm 

Colour: White - pale yellow 

Texture: Clay/silt - silty loam 

Bedding: compound? - massive (multiple replasterings not evident) 

Inclusions: Very occasional (<1% ) charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: Cracking and occasional coarse roots 

Basal Boundary: Sharp (over bricks/mortar) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4600, 4601, 4602 below: (Click to view the record) 4905, 4938, 4939 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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