Unit 12992

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: brick core of platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Mud brick core of platform F.2219, comes down onto 12994 a compacted surface or earlier phase of platform 2219. 12992 may have been a layer to raise the platform height. 

Recognition: Removed striped floors and plaster layers 12991 to reveal brick core. 

Definition: Good - truncated to the west and north 

Execution: Trowel excavated 

Condition: dry cold and windy 

Consistency: loose friable 

Colour: mid brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional animal bone and stone 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrow and root disturbance 

Basal Boundary: good on to 12994, compact floor 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12994 below: (Click to view the record) 12991 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

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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