Unit 1363

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: floor,platform 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: white clay; Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: painted

 

Dimensions: 1.40 x 1.40 x 0.13 cm 

 

Discussion: Latest plaster surface of platform; upon removal, earlier sequence exposed; it seems ashy the 'earliest' may have been of similar size to the latest and plain white with no traces of red paint; then a 'middle' phase of very thick plastering with at least -2 main sub-phases of red paint - this phase saw an enlargement of the platform by ~20 cm & this has lost all its upper surface; both earlier phases are truncated by the last/this phase. So the sequence as it appear now, is original size, & again plain. Contemporary with (1359). 

 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry & sunny 

Consistency: very weak 

Colour: 10 YR 8/1 

Texture: silty loam 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: Tiny dark flecks 2% (< 0.5) 

Post-depositional Features: Roots and animal burrows 2% 

Basal Boundary:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2154, 1479 below: (Click to view the record) 1151 

 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 74 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 19

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 7

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 5 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 1

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 183

Features:: (Click to view the record) 13 (platform)

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 27  Unit description: Unit consists of 2 pieces of rib: 1 sheep-size, 1 pig-size; plus one sheep/goat third phalanx. One rib is quite weathered, the other not; the phalanx is moderately weathered. No burning. X4 is a virtually complete point on a tibia splinter. X7 is a split proximal metacarpal point. 100% of 4mm flotation processed. 4mm flotation sorted and recorded completely. Sample 1 has 5 tiny scraps of sheep-size bone, one calcined. Sample 6 is only slightly larger and similar in composition, including 3 small mandible fragments (sheep-size). One burnt fragment. Sample 16 is also small, and consists of small pieces of mostly sheep-size scrap. One is burnt. Most are quite fresh. Looks like untrampled floor; I suppose bits plastered into the platform. Were they lying around, or part of the plaster mix? Last number = 24

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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