Unit 23713

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: platform plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Unit is a thin white plaster event on top of the main platform F. 8262, Sp. 562, B. 122, Trench 3. The platform was later cut by three burials F. 3888, F. 3889, and F 3890. It appears to be the last major plastering event of the main platform following the beginning make up layers, which are visible in the W section of the platform. A white geometric painting covered the northern and eastern walls of this building. 

Consistency: friable, compact in S part 

Colour: white, light gray 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: charcol, stones , plaster 

Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23907 below: (Click to view the record) 23714 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 20 

Total Deposit Volume: 50 

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  

Lab Team Data

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