Unit 18540

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Plaster Collapse 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 5.4m (SW-NE) x 0.75m (SE-NW) up to 0.018m thick 

Discussion: Collapsed wall plaster along eastern side of building 80 after removal of mudbrick and mortar. The plaster is finely laminated. Counted at least 14 thin laminations of white plaster, inbetween thicker greyer/browner plaster make-ups. 

Recognition: texture, colour 

Definition: very good 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: warm, dry 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: white (grey brown burnt area) 

Texture: fine silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional: charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: n/a 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18541 below: (Click to view the record) 18531, 18532 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 48 

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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