Unit 8593

Category: layer    dug in 2002

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: plaster on south wall 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: length - 6 m; height - 1.10 m 

Discussion: Taking out plaster from the S wall. In its upper portion plaster is very thick, consisting of many layers and slips (up to 3 cm), while it is getting thinner to the floor. No paint was encountered on this surface, only soot in the part where the kitchen was. Some irregularities of the wall surface showed up in kitchen area - such as an oven impression close to the ex-step bench. 

Recognition: by colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, burin 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm, at some places loose 

Colour: beige to white - 10 YR 8/3, 8/4 

Texture: silty white fine clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: soot 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: wall 

Dry sieve volume: 103 

Total Deposit Volume: 130 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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