Unit 22269

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor, plaster + makeup 

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

Description: This layer smelled like sulfure when I excavated it… is that possible? It was possible to smell it only when I was digging it (as there was some kind of reaction with the air), then it disapeared. I'm not sure how usefull this information is.
Is there a precedent ? Is it multisensorial archaeology or was I hallucinating ? 

Discussion: 22269 is a plaster floor covering less a little bit less than half of sp 290 (eastern part). It was covered by make up / infill 22268 which has almost exactly the same extent. Plaster is grey (muddy). The most striking is the color of the make up (redish bown, almost orange) as it was composed of burnt constructional material (?). The same kind of orangy make up can be seen in sp 255 (walls) and sp 92 (floor). Can this suggest some sort of contemporaneity of constructions ?

The plaster of 22269 is abbuting the brick-like layer u22262 (f 1488), while the red makeup is going under it (cf. sketch for feature 1488), like the floor beneath (22282). 22269 was thus build probably at the same time than u22262 on top of u22282. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: plaster : dark yellowish grey ; make up :redish brown (almost orange) 

Texture: plaster rich of clay, make up very sandy 

Bedding: compound (plaster + make up) 

Inclusions: a lot of fragments of (burnt?) bricks within make up 

Post-depositional Features: burrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp : plaster floor 22282 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22282 below: (Click to view the record) 22268 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 17 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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  

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