Unit 20885

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plastered floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: The unit was recognized as two layers of badly preserved white plastered floors, found in N and E part of the space 444 the floors seem to be missing in central, S and W (except NW corner) part of the space. However no clear cut was recognized the W edge of the unit is was sloping towards E and disappearing gradually, similarly the floor was visible in N part of the space however it seemed to diffuse towards center of the space (first the floor itself and then the makeup). In some places it was clear that the floor was composed of two layers however due to its heavy disturbance and patchy character both layers were excavated as one unit. In the north the floor was lipping up in what seems to be the walls of two bins (after cleaning only the very bottom part of them was visible as two arches of different material –see photos). 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: white plaster, yellowish grey makeup, both turning more brownish in fire affected NW corner 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: laminated two layers of plaster (about 3 mm thick) on 0.7 mm of make-up each. 

Inclusions: very few small specks of charcoal in the make-up. 

Post-depositional Features: animmal burrows and wheathering in N part 

Basal Boundary: sharp anthropogenic, diffuse towards the center of sp 444 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20890 below: (Click to view the record) 20884, 20863, 20864 

Total Deposit Volume: 10 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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