Unit 20940

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Platform infill,Platform make-up 

 

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

 

Discussion: Coarse infill/make-up showing numerous inclusions of burnt clay (ca.20-30% abundance) and sandy texture. The unit was found under the plaster layer (U.20628) of the platform (F.7114) and occupies the northern half of it.
An ashy patch was found against the N wall - this practice of placing re-deposited ashes against walls seems to be very common in this building.
Towards the S and E sides of the unit, a thick layer of clay, mudbrick-like was found. Underneath this unit there is a layer of greyish, sandy silt make-up. This unit seems to have served to extend the original length of platform F.7114 towards the N by levelling the floor in this corner for a later plastering.
The reddish clay ridges (ca.5-10cm width) were included in this unit, despite their distinguishable nature, as they seem to be part of this infill/make-up. The texture and composition of this clay was the same as U.20914 (clay packing under S wall undercut). It seems as if the building inhabitants deliberately chose this material to pack the corners and undercuts of this space. Does this represent symbolic behaviour (i.e. related to building abandonement practices) or are there practical reasons for this pattern? 

 

Consistency: Soft 

Colour: Orangish brown 

Texture: Sandy clayish silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Ash (10% abundance), obsidian (<1%), rocks (5%) and burnt clay (20-30% abundance) 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, sharp 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30182 below: (Click to view the record) 20628 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 9 

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 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 114

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 87

Features:: none

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2013 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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