Unit 8590

Category: layer    dug in 2002

Area: North 

Dimensions: 7 m x 1. 70 m (max) 

Discussion: Floor level of painted plaster (pink) - 1056.66; 1189.68; 1011.57
Eastern third (east little post hole) has thick plaster with many layers. Some have traces of red colour. Seems to be one red layer after another in a series. Also in damper part lower down. Damper is earlier and fewer layers. Upper is 5 cm thick. Sample from upper part - very dry; roots and other weathering.
In lower - earlier plaster is very different - gray/.., greasy, clayey, almost damp. Same as floors seen in the NE corner.
Photo N - 20020709_JPQ_007/014 - brick blob in midden next to N wall under F. 173 before removal; top middle - 1056.45; 1189.63; 1011.05
20020709_JPQ_024/027 - brick stuff at side of wall in front of early house. Plaster on center and the east part of N wall. Also extent of early plaster. West: 1054.86; 1189.79; 1011.19. East: 1056.88; 1189.69; 1010.96 

Recognition: white plaster on wall 

Definition: N wall bricks in N, W wall in W, E wall in E 

Execution: Mira tool, trowel, leaf trowel 

Condition: dry, damp in lower part 

Consistency: flaky in upper and outer part; firm in lower and inner part 

Colour: upper/outer: 10 YR 8/1; lower/inner: 2.5 YR 6/3 

Texture: silt upper part; silty clay inner/lower 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: weathering outer surface, flaking off during excavations 

Basal Boundary: lower/inner part plaster has cored into wall irregularities 

Dry sieve volume: 105 

Total Deposit Volume: 135 

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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