Unit 21737

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Plaster layer on bench/platform construction 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: white clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Unit is a layer of plaster located on the benchlike platform construction directly north of the main platform (f. 3440). The layer was easily removeable with light pressure. Troweling revealed inner layer of a brownish constitution, as well as small plaster inclusions of a brownish constitution, as well as small plaster inclusions. Once it was excavated closer to the back wall, small flecks of red paint began to appear. Initially considered a possible paint spill from the wall, further tracking of the red paint with bamboo skewers revealed a small, baby-sized handprint in red paint. There are four fingers attached to a hand, but the thumb seems to have either deteriorated or never been there at all, leaving the possibility that it is meant to depict a small pawprint. The distinction between this unit and the plaster floor beneath was smooth and easy to follow, making for easy removal of the unit with an exciting gem of a handprint within. 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: white 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: medium streaky white plaster, small flecks of red paint 

Post-depositional Features: NA 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic, abrupt, prominent, smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21789 below: (Click to view the record) 21712 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

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 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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