Unit 12939

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: dump of white plaster 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: Dumped deposit within building 60 - Mixed plaster types ; some larger thicker lumps are probably colapsed wall plaster (very white) whilst others are light grey and thiner (floor plaster?). The whole deposit was very mixed and was positioned just north of a thin bench. 

Recognition: White mixed plaster courses 

Definition: good 

Execution: Trowel excavated 

Condition: Dry and hot 

Consistency: Loose friable 

Colour: white and light grey plaster (mixed deposit) 

Texture: Lime plaster, some silty loam mixed 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional animal bone fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrow damage 

Basal Boundary: overlaying floor of building 60 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12955 below: (Click to view the record) 12938 

Dry sieve volume: 25 

Total Deposit Volume: 56 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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