Unit 1525

Category: Cluster    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: red floor 

Data Category Information: Location: floors; Material: ochre; Deposition: primary deposition

Dimensions: 51cm x 46 cm 

Discussion: Description: a patchy lens of red ochre dust covering approximate area of 0.51 x 0.46 m !! /a thickness cannot be determined as the spread is a fine dusting with small patches of more concentrated depth but still a matter of millimetres.
Covers an irregular area with irregular edges where the dust fades. A small patch of white plaster overlies it to the south which might be remnants of an overlying floor?
The are covered and density suggests the ochre to be dusting as opposed to applied paint, ie a wet application, but whether it is deliberate or accidental spillage is the debate.

Discussion:
Red ochre dust - spillage or deliberate? Wendy says Mellaart noted a 'ritual' deposition or application before renovation of a house. Alternatively, someone may have tripped over the threshold step! 

Execution: leaf trowel + brush 

Condition: covered during previous rain storms but generally damp. Day is hot and dry 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1532 below: (Click to view the record) 1514 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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