Unit 20808

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Plaster layer in burial 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: The plaster layer is spread in the burial pit and somewhat smeared over the edge in the east "corner". It seems to be missing southeast of the human hip bone which is still showing. Has the plaster been removed here or was it never smeared there? The layer is partly thicker than earlier plaster layers in the pit and wheras its upper interface towards u.20805 had smooth slopes towards the lower middle, the interface towards underlaying layer u.20809 is more steep, at least in the western part.

The piece of shell was found on the surface of the layer where it was smeared out towards the east (see unit sheet sketch). The layer above here had been removed last season (2012, when F.7001 was excavated) and it was more more difficult to understand the stratigraphical relationship between the two features and the platform here.

The border between the cut of F.7001 and that of F.7003 is difficult to see at this level.

The layer was removed by trowel. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Light beige/whiteish 

Texture: Fairly massive chalk/plaster, allthough partly mixed with underlaying layer 

Bedding: Massive (compare above) 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: Partly mixed into underlaying layer 

Basal Boundary: Distinct in the NW/SE part, but more indistinct in the S/SE part. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20809 below: (Click to view the record) 20805 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 4 

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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