Unit 20854

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: grey clay makeup of floor 

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

Discussion: This unit represents a makeup layer roughly equivalent to u. 20852-- the makeup layer of western floor f. 7014 and extending onto platform f. 3508 on its western side. It is extremely difficult to discern which layers are contemporaneous when they are separated by burial cuts, as is the case in this platform, but the thickness, color, and basal boundary do seem to correspond. The floor plaster we came down upon in the center of the eastern side of this platform is quite patchy-- and more layers are preserved toward the wall than towards the cuts, presumably because it had eroded away in this area in antiquity. There were no finds in this unit, and the entirety of the unit was sent to flotation. 

Consistency: extremely compact 

Colour: grey 

Texture: clay loam 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: Phytolith-rich for first 5 cm, especially in center of platform's eastern side. Miminal charcoal and ash. 

Post-depositional Features: Cracking, cutting for burial sequence in platform (see matrix) 

Basal Boundary: Came down on clean white floor plaster, though patchy in center area and more well-preserved toward wall (these layers had presumably eroded away toward the center during occupation) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20857 below: (Click to view the record) 20851 equal to: (Click to view the record) 20852 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 21 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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:

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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