Unit 8648

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: wall plaster 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: h = 54 cm; width - 60 cm 

Discussion: This unit comprises white from the N wall of space 88. Not much of it has been preserved but from this portion that we have, one can recognize at least 3 layers of replasterings. One of the surfaces had stains of red paint on it and our conservator Ina took a sample of pigment.
Together with layers of plaster, we removed a thin packing inbetween plaster and wall itself. 

Recognition: by colour and position 

Definition: clear 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: friable to loose 

Colour: beige to white 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: salts, paint 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: wall 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8657 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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