Unit 23443

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Floor,Platform surface 

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

Description: U23443 was identified in the East of Platform F7638, but also partially and in patches in the West; especially well it survived in the corners between the western wall (F7776), the southern bench (F2184) and the northern wall (F7766). 

Discussion: U23443 was a series of floors built of mudplaster mixed with lime plaster and coated on top with limeplaster. Because of fire lit directly on top of U23443, on its eastern part, U23443 was black and grey (burnt) in the East at the upper part; while orange and dark brown in the West and in the lower eastern parts. Sample S2 for flotation was taken from the black burnt part; while sample S3 for flotation was taken from the lower (about 3-4cm) orange part.
U23443 was found across the entire length of Platform 7638, from the North to the South; also it was possible to see U23443 continuing towards the South, on the small part, left East of Bench F2184, bridging the two platforms (F7638 in the North with F7637 in the South), and partially covering the "eastern step extension" of Platform F7637, at the level of U23453. Namely, U23443 was found to partially cover the plastered surface of U23453 on its NE part, E-SE of Bench F2184. 

Consistency: Loose at the West; friable at the East 

Colour: Orange in the West; black and grey in the East 

Texture: Sand 

Bedding: Compound parallel layers 

Inclusions: 25% small pieces of charcoal; 25% small pieces of aggregates 

Post-depositional Features: Compaction from floors above; largely destroyed in the West, surviving only in the SW and NW corners between Bench F2184 and western Wall F 7776; and northern Wall F7766 and western Wall F.7776. 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, levelled, diffused, faint, smooth at places, irregular at others,inclined from the West to the East; surfaces beneath are rough at places and smooth at others. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23445, 23453 below: (Click to view the record) 23437 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 20 

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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