Unit 1532

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floors + makeup 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: floor (packing only); Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 4.00 m N-S x 1.80 m E-W x max 60 mm 

Discussion: This is now more likely to represent a make-up /levelling deposit, overlying the midden and underlain by floors. Homogeneous layer with frequent salt flecks; occasional charcoal flecks with a friable texture. The surface horizon is covered in salt crust.

Initially interpreted as a floor due to its surface treatment however on excavation more it became clear it was a not a floor. The red Ochre may have therefore been deliberate as a foundation 'ritual' or the result of an accident!!

Very probably contemporary / same as (1537) 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: damp after rain but dry and sunny 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: 10YR 5/4 grey to dark grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 2% plaster flecks <2mm 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, possible construction, difuse horizon, not very clear with underlying activity 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1548 below: (Click to view the record) 1525 

Dry sieve volume: 44 

Total Deposit Volume: 84 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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