Unit 18415

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: collapsed wall plaster,plaster floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform)

Dimensions: 0.74m x 0.22m x .05m (thick) 

Discussion: Latest remaining section of floor plaster on platform f 3408 - white plaster riddled with animal burrows. Red paint on plaster, possible continuation of red plaster on 18409. Plaster laminations on top of flakes of red and white plaster debris--possibly from a house cleaning event followed by new layers of floor being added. 

Recognition: white plaster floor 

Definition: clear 

Execution: leaf trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: white and light brown 

Texture: flaky plaster and sandy silt 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: layers of plaster, very infrequently flakes of plaster with red paint 

Post-depositional Features: many animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: diffuse 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18417 below:+

Dry sieve volume: 27.5 

Total Deposit Volume: 31 

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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