Unit 20852

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: makeup of western floor and w. half of platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: floor (packing only); Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: This unit represents a relatively thick layer of makeup on top of floor plaster u. 20855 to make the surface for floor plaster u. 20849. Due to its compaction, the execution was both by trowel and carefully by pick-- and the layer underneath was easily clear. Removing this unit revealed a floor with slightly different contours than the one after, though both slope quite a lot to the south. A small pocket of seeds was found on the floor plaster in a small divet and sampled, though they may have been intrusive. Aside from this, the layer was quite clean, containing few finds. The unit is assumed to roughly equate to u. 20854, the makeup layer of extremely similar appearance on the eastern side of platform f. 3508, though with the thin floor laminations characteristic of this space it is extremely difficult to be certain. 

Consistency: extremely compact 

Colour: light grey 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: almost nothing, but some phytoliths, seeds, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: cracking, animal burrows, truncation, application of plaster 

Basal Boundary: extremely clear-- came down on clean white plaster floor (though patchy toward burial cuts in f. 3508) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20855 below: (Click to view the record) 20849 equal to: (Click to view the record) 20854 

Dry sieve volume: 36 

Total Deposit Volume: 66 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

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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