Unit 17491

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Marl plaster floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: white clay; Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: unpainted

Dimensions: 1,24 m N-S x 1,56 m E-W x 3 mm 

Discussion: Plaster floor on NW platform - may be two indistinguishable surfaces.
- sealing N-S bench which sealed/ divided N-E platform (may be associated with/ in phase with floor here as well)
- contiguous with ( 14419 (?DE added) ), floor in central area of sp. 335.
- does not lip up into wall plaster (red paint visible at this level is associated with an earlier floor) suggesting that it may be a local repair of platform, perhaps linked to one of the earlier burials. 

Recognition: Colour, texture, composition 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Firm, cemented 

Colour: Very pale yellowish brown (almost white) 

Texture: Marl plaster. 

Bedding: Massive. Removal of plaster, revealed two very thin make-up deposits which came off with it. The upper was a light grey silt (c. 1-2mm). The lower was light orange (1-2mm) becoming thicker up to 5mm in the SE. 

Inclusions: Almost sterile 

Post-depositional Features: Truncated by multiple burials. 

Basal Boundary: Clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17492 below: (Click to view the record) 17487 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 4 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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