Unit 1717

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: roomfill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: max N-S 2.30 m max E-W 3.40 m thick 0.39 m 

Discussion: Digging the area north of oven (F. 111) in an effort to uncover the floor of building 10. In the centre of the trench patches of white plasters are uncovered. In approx.. the centre the patches of plaster are larger, some preserving their original (?) shape. A piece of 50 x 20 cm preserves a concave end, possibly the plastering of the base of a wall. The pieces appear fallen, but not from a great height as in that case the pieces would have been smashed. All fallen pieces rest on orange-brown soil, an indication perhaps of their relation to mudbricks. In the eastern part of 1717 excavation reveals interesting features: A partition wall of ca 14 cm wide (F 112) abuts for approx.. 90 cm the N-S wall (F 104). Its northern side is covered with grey-brown plaster to a uniform face. South of the wall parallel lines of narrow mudbrick form a construction which lies wall F 104. A platform? (F 112). Not more than 30 cm east of platform F. 112 a pot stand in situ is uncovered. It rests on a dark, burned surface, packed hard, presumably a floor (F. 109). Excavation stopped at this point, leaving the floor(?) for future examination. 

Execution: Trowel abd pick 

Condition: Windy and overcast 

Consistency: Weak 

Colour: 10 YR 5/3 brown 

Texture: Silty, clay loam 

Bedding: Mixed: clay blocks and ashy lenses 

Inclusions: Charcoal 5%, Bone 10%, Sherds 2%, Stones 1% 2-4 cm, modern roots 1%, Obsidian 2%, 

Post-depositional Features: Post depositional disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Undefined 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1721 below: (Click to view the record) 1705 equal to: (Click to view the record) #4, 1715 

Dry sieve volume: 380 

Total Deposit Volume: 435 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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