Unit 8580

Category: layer    dug in 2002

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: PLASTER, WESTERN WALL 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 97CM X 70 CM 

Discussion: THE ENTRY STEP WAS TAKEN OUT. ON TOP OF THE STEP THERE WAS A LAYER OF PLASTER. UNDERNEATH THERE WERE 3 LAYERS OF PACKING (1 LIGHT BROWN, 1 DARK BROWN, 1 LIGHT GREY). THE DARK BROWN AND LIGHT GREY LAYERS WERE THICK. NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FEATURE THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE FEATURE THAT WASFILLED WITH VERY LOOSE PACKING MATERIAL (BROWN). EXCAVATION REVEALED THAT THE STEPS WAS PULL AGAINST THE SOUTH WALL BEFORE IT WAS PLASTERED SINCE THERE WAS NO PLASTER BETWEEN THE STEP AND THE SOUTH WALL. 

Recognition: SHAPE, CONSISTENCY, COLOR 

Execution: MATTOCK, TROWEL 

Condition: DRY 

Consistency: FIRM TO STRONG 

Colour: BEIGE, WHITE 

Texture: SILTY WHITE CLAY, LIGHT BRWN PACKING UNDER IT 

Bedding: LAYERED, MASSIVE 

Inclusions: ANIMAL BONES, STONE BAL, MODERN MATERIAL IN THE BOTTOM 

Post-depositional Features: ANIMAL BONES 

Basal Boundary: FLAT, MIDDEN 

Dry sieve volume: 115 

Total Deposit Volume: 143 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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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