Unit 2658

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Floor 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1.8m (N-S)x1.30m (E-W) 

Discussion: Continue digging at the SE corner of building 10. The aim is to remove floor F.117 and to reach and uncover floor F.140. Two baulks were left to the north and the east of the unit 20 cm wide so to be able to watch the stratigraphy of the floors. At the east side of the unit floor F.140 goes abruptly deeper. It is possible to form the face of a platform lying along the east wall (F.102) of building 10. The surface of floor F.140 is uneven and partly burnt specially near the area of the oven (F.111). Flotation samples are taken from the area near the oven and from the area along the face of the uncertain yet platform (F.143). After clearing the east borders of the oven (F.111) we were able to see that the oven ends above floor F.140. A black line of ash which is also found above floor F.140, bounds the west borders of the oven. At the west end of the unit, north of oven F.111, a white plastered face with traces of red paint possibly belonging to a hearth, was found. It is contemporary with floor F.140. Possibly is an earlier phase of the hearth that was found last year (F.123). 

Execution: Trowel and pallete 

Condition: Sunny 

Consistency: Weak 

Colour: 10 YR 6/6 brownish yellow 

Texture: Sandy clay 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: Charcoal 2% 

Post-depositional Features: Animal barrow 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic, sharp, prominent, smooth 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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