Unit 17500

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: plaster collapse 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Concentration of collapsed plastered fragments at centre of space 336. Most lines associated with demolishion deposits [16479][16481]. But distinct enough to form its own unit. Seals floor cluster 16492 

Recognition: colour, texture and form 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot windy and dry 

Consistency: loose to solid. (friable matrix) 

Colour: mid reddish brown with pinkish white plaster fragmented 

Texture: plaster and brick crush (clay silt) 

Bedding: composit 

Inclusions: molded plaster fragments; occasional charcoal flecks; occasional bone fragments; very occasional chert flake. 

Post-depositional Features: animal borrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16492, 17506 below: (Click to view the record) 16479, 16481 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 165 

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:

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

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