Unit 16897

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: Trench 5 

 

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Interpretive Categories: plaster 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 1,3m EW - 02-0,6m NS 

 

Discussion: sample of this plaster line was taken after it broke off, after stepped on accidentally. This was actually rather fortuitous, as a sample did need to be taken. This plaster covers all walls of space 341, on the face of the walls - F.5054, 5055, 5056, 5057. See sketch
Due to the wall not having been excavated down to the bottom, the end of the plaster cover cannot yet be identified.

JMR 2012: 16897 is the outermost plaster layer covering walls F.5056, F.2413/5055 and F.3369 and F.3370 in Space 341. The plaster was not well preserved in the upper parts of the walls (F.5056 and 2413/5055), but better further down. This plaster layer was applied directly on the upper (younger) wall phase = F.5056 and F.2413/5055. Further down, it covered the older plaster layers on the older walls (F.3370, F.3369) U.17297, 18357 and 17298. It also convered the older plaster layers on F.3369. 16897 was really thick - it might represent several layers, but these could not be separated from each other. The plaster had an irregular surface, caused by the irregularities of the plaster and brick it covered. 

 

Recognition: plaster line - colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, small tools 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: friable (2008) / firm (2012) 

Colour: white (2008) / yellowish white (2012) 

Texture: silty (2008) / sandy clay (marl) (2012) 

Bedding: layered (2008) / massive (2012) 

Inclusions: occasional charcoal (2008) / none (2012) 

Post-depositional Features: root action, animal burrows (2008) / animal holes (2012) 

Basal Boundary: n/a (2008) / irregular (2012) 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16862, 16863, 17297, F.3339, F.3370, F.5056, F.2413/5055 below: (Click to view the record) 16859 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 5 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 4 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 98

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 341

Features:: (Click to view the record) 5054 (wall feature) 5055 (wall feature)   5056 (wall)   5057 (wall)

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

Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

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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