Unit 23812

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Series of thin plastered floors and packings 

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

Description: This is a series of thin plastered surfaces and their packing in the central, eastern Building 52, space 94. 

Discussion: U23812 was a series of very thin lime plastered floors and their very light brown or pink (because of heating) packings. They were all very similar: plastered and replastered numerous times, each one of the seven layers that it was possible to distinguish with the 3cm of excavation. The excavation of these layers stopped at a floor which was mildly whiter and felt more compact in the West, as all of the U23812 floor surfaces had been severely burnt in the West. 

Consistency: Friable in the West; Compact in the East 

Colour: Black-grey in the West; White in the East 

Texture: Sand 

Bedding: Very think plastered surfaces and make up 

Inclusions: Predominantly charcoal in the West; some granules of aggregates in the East 

Post-depositional Features: Compaction from layers above; severe, persistent and repeated fire in the West 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, distinct, smooth, flat, and even 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23821 below: (Click to view the record) 23809 

Total Deposit Volume: 26 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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