Unit 21914

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: dirty floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

Description: The dirty floor appeared as a heterogeneous layer composed of patches of burnt clay and grey areas with inclusions of charcoal. 

Discussion: When the layer has been removed, we uncovered part of the earlier hearth of B.89 (yet to be excavated). The northern edge of the floor covered the basement of the bench (F.2476). For this reason, we excavated the dirty floor first in order to unlock the bench. The layer underneath the dirty floor (yet to be excavated) appeared as a cleaner grey layer. Preliminary analysis done by the palaeobotanics specialists have shown that the soil sampled was actually very poor in phytoliths and other organic materials, indicating that the floor was used for a short period. 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: dark brown 

Texture: clay-silt 

Bedding: compound layered, unoriented, 

Inclusions: ashes, charcoal and small clay lumps 

Post-depositional Features: Truncated by post retrieval pit F.3465 and by hearth F.3472 

Basal Boundary: change in accumulated deposits, diffuse, faint 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21915, 21918, 21923 below: (Click to view the record) 21912 

Total Deposit Volume: 9 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 11

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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