Unit 20874

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Makeup 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: This unit represents the makeup layer present on platform f. 3508, which presumably was once contiguous and contemporaneous with u. 20872 (to be verified in post-ex)-- though the matching of layers in this space is made difficult by the many burial cuts and cracks. This unit is very thin and devoid of finds and inclusions, as is the case with most floor layers in B. 96. Toward the south end of this unit, the basal boundary became unclear; the plaster underneath was extremely thin and heavily eroded, not present at all in some places. This may be related to its location closer to the center of the building, where it would have been more disturbed by trampling and activity, or because of the extensive burial activity in platform f. 3508. 

Consistency: Compact 

Colour: Brownish grey 

Texture: Clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Very small amount of charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: Truncation by burial cuts and post retrieval pit 

Basal Boundary: Clear-- came down on plaster 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20875 below: (Click to view the record) 20873 equal to: (Click to view the record) 20872 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 2 

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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