Unit 20949
Category: Layer dug in 2013
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Plaster, finish of platform
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: unpainted
Discussion: This unit was recognized during last year's excavation (2012) when they removed most of the room fill u.20481. When found, and also excavated, it was noted that it had been cut in its western edge by the modelling of a rectangular hearth. However during 2012, it was also truncated, why its extent is hard to define. Luckily it is visible in the thrench section that it was laid in respect to the oven in SE, F.7101. Also it was laid over makeup, but because it was removed during last year it is hard to see except in the section.
When people laid this plaster, it was probably to finish the construction of a platform in which they made a final addition of a rectangular heart. The extent of the plaster is larger than documented during the removal of it; in the section it shows that it was built in respect to the oven F.7101, which indicates the oven was older but at some point (or maybe most of the time) they were used contemporary (see feature discussion).
Consistency: Friable with trowel, quite soft
Colour: White and grey
Texture: Silt and plaster (clay)
Bedding: Massive layer of plaster
Inclusions: Plaster
Post-depositional Features: Roots
Basal Boundary: Clear, and quite abrupt. Underneath was another hearth structure.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 22
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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