Unit 21390

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Floor,Plastered and burnt floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: multiple

Description: This is a series of burnt floors in the central, eastern part of Building 52, in space 94; South of the burial platforms in the very NE of this building 

Discussion: U21390 was a series of very thin floor surfaces with very thin packing. The surfaces of these floors were extremely badly preserved and survived only in patches, especially in the West where the floors had come in direct contact with persistent and prolonged fire. In the East U21390 was better preserved and the furthest away towards the East, these floors were white (i.e. not burnt) made of white plaster. U21390 was in very bad condition and part of it was swept away during the general cleaning of Building 52, prior to the excavations start in this Building during the 2017-exc.season.The upper part of U21390, in the East was black and broken almost without any layers; about 2-3 cm below, it was possible to see thin floor surfaces of grey and orange colour, showing that the fire took place on the floors above and only bakes these layers of floors immediately below, but did not burn them. U21390 burning seems to be associated with the burning activities that took place on the floors in the depression right in the West of U21390, and on Platform F7638.; it is possible that U21390 was contemporaneous with U31416/U23436; with U31418 and with U22110, but only indications and no direct evidence was seen during the 2017-exc.season. 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: Black 

Texture: Sand 

Bedding: Fine parallel layers 

Inclusions: 80% charchoal: upper part; 25% charcoal 75% mortar, brick, clay aggregates heated up 

Post-depositional Features: Compaction from floors above; exposure for years after original excavation within the hot and humid conditions of the North shelter; sweeping in the beginning of the excavation in Building 52 during exc.season-2017 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, very sharp, distinct, smooth, flat and even 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23461, 23468 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 10 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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

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.

<< BackDownload this Units Data