Unit 21216

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plaster floor at base hearth 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: white clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

Discussion: this unit represented the third earlier phase plasterd base of hearth F7402. it is contomporary with the plastered southern face of surrounded hearth U21217. the mud-brick construction U19188 which form the southern rimm surround hearth was dirctly builted above this plaster floor and make the hearth smaller. In fact, more we deepen in the periode of the hearth, the dimensions of the hearth become larger. 

Consistency: firm/friable 

Colour: mid yaellow/ orange 

Texture: slightly silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional occasional charcoal flecks & patches of fine ash 

Post-depositional Features: Eroded at the northern and centre of the hearth 

Basal Boundary: constructional, very sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19187 below: (Click to view the record) 19188 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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