Unit 21748

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: sunken dirty floor layer (SE of space 135) 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: This unit consisted of highly eroded and badly preserved plaster remnants and thin make-up layer. Unit was recognized as another compound layer from area called the sunken floor because its lower elevation in the centre than on the edges and distinctly raised edges as well.
This layer was sealed by another compound material consisted of plaster remnants and packing make-up (U.21722).
Similarly to later layers from this area, U.21748 clearly lap up onto surrounding structures on its E side (see platform F.7401).
Layer of make-up is thin but compact; contains varying levels of charcoal inclusion, according to the proximity of the hearth. This unit is another evidence for plastering activity which took place in the southern part of the house, which is not typically pattern in general. 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: brownish gray 

Texture: sandy clay 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: bits of calcium, Charcoal fragments 

Post-depositional Features: truncation 

Basal Boundary: smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21766 below: (Click to view the record) 21722 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 7 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

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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