Unit 20054

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Remnant eroded floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Description: Compound remnant eroded floor and makeup layers located on top of second layer of plaster beneath plaster floor layer u.20053, and appears to be remnant from previous excavations (2013). 

Discussion: Unit was recognized as plaster floor layer (latest level) u.20053 was removed and u.20054 was identified as a remnant patch of floor and makeup. It is more likely this was left after previous excavations, but it also m ight have been a layer of makeup between plaster floor levels in this area. The layers appears to extend from the SW corner of space 135 and also appears to overlay more layers of plaster as well. Removal of this layer will help us understand the stratigraphy and spatial relationships of the different plastering events in this corner of the building, and how they relate to the plastering events in the location of the former oven base (which overlay the larger make up/dirty floor layer which is locking in the next hearth and platform sequences). 

Consistency: Silty Clay 

Colour: Light brownish gray 

Texture: friable 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: truncations 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20058 below: (Click to view the record) 20053 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 11 

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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