Unit 17405

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: plaster surface 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: white clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: painted

Discussion: Plaster on pedestal and two mid brown silty clay floors on platform f. 1662. Brown floors separated by gray trample. Plaster consisted of several layers, around post some of these layers contained traces of red paint.

NOTE red paint on base of plaster associated with post was thought to be associated with a red phase with red paint on east wall and ne platform (16666). 

Recognition: colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: leaf 

Condition: warm 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: white/mid brown/grey 

Texture: plaster/silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: occasional charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17472 below: (Click to view the record) 17401 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 4 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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