Unit 12551

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: make-up,plaster surface 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: white clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Reddish brown plaster make up on floor platform. Section shows that it is actually made up of four layers, each 4-5 mm thick, each probably representing a re-laying event (see photos). Against the W and N walls, some plaster remains between some of the layers, indicating the floor was most likely plastered on top of make up but worn in areas other than the wall (see photos). Deposit dips down by wall F1527, as it does by N wall, where there was a layer of plaster between red layers as well.
Deposit dips down by wall F1527, also by N wall F1524 where there was a layer of plaster btwn red layers as well.


Dimensions roughly calculated. EGW 22 July 2009 

Recognition: colour 

Definition: well-defined 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel, hand mattock 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: compact to friable 

Colour: reddish brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: charcoal, obsidian, bone 

Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance 

Basal Boundary: clear, somewhat uneven 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12554, 12556, 12566 below: (Click to view the record) 12545 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 42 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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