Unit 17249
Category: Layer dug in 2008
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: Plaster
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: By taking out the roomfill of space 310 we found a second layer of plaster beneath plaster (13726). When it is fresh and covered, the surface has a brownish red colour. Maybe the plaster was painted red. Later the walls were plastered again with unit (13726) as (17249). (13726) is younger than (17249).
(KTX 29/7/12) - This unit represents the wall plaster cobvering the walls and buttresses in space 310. The material seems to be of a high quality compared to the brick material and was obvioulsy used in specific areas relevant to the costruction and static properties, eg. Corners of the walls or plastering. Also parts where the same material was used to repair or 'plug' the holesd in the wall, possibly during construction or during maintenance phases, were identified although this material was not counted to this unit. What is left of the wall plastering (only few smaller areas ca. 30x20cm) was removed to expose the inside make-up of the walls and buttresses. During this work the scraping of the walls most likely caused some of the mudbrick material to be mixed with the plaster of this unit so that the volume of this unit may not be representative.
Recognition: greyish yellow plaster on the walls between whitish plaster (13726) - color difference to mudbricks and wall material
Definition: clear - due to color
Execution: trowel, brush
Condition: hot, dry, windy, under shelter
Consistency: compact - but crumbly at edges
Colour: greyish yellow, sometimes relicts of red painted surface - white
Texture: silty clay - sandy, mineral clay
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: burned bones - organic material (straw?), shell, pottery, obsidian, stone, groundstone
Post-depositional Features: root action and bioturbation - none
Basal Boundary: irregular, patches of plaster
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 112
Total Deposit Volume: 112
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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