Unit 20647

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: kerb 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Not excavated in 2013. Excavated in 2014.

Kerb 3693 was very eroded by the time of its excavation (but was documented during the previous year). All of what remains has been associated with u. 20647.

Its removal shows that it was built on top of both plt. 3694 and plt. 3695 where 3694 reached the same height than 3695 (To keep a separation?).

U. 20647 sits on the plaster layer u. 30516 of plt. 3695 and at least two of the plaster layers of arbitrary layer u. 30525 of plt. 3694 (excavated as u. 21120).

At least two but probably not 4 layers as thought in 2013 when most of the arbitrary layer u. 30525 was excavated (with the exception of its part behind the kerb -> 21120) which means that the last one or two layers of u. 30525 were built after the kerb and were probably arbitrary (lost by erosion and burning?). 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: medium brown make-up, white and light tan plaster 

Texture: silt and plaster 

Bedding: compound layered silt and plaster 

Inclusions: plaster nodules - small and medium, 20% 

Post-depositional Features: burning on southern edge, minor root disturbance 

Basal Boundary: constructional, very sharp, distinct, smooth, decreasing incline towards the south, smooth/scortched 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30316, 30525 below: (Click to view the record) 20615 

Total Deposit Volume: 7 

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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