Unit 2727

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: accumulated deposit,floors 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mixed; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

Dimensions: x min 50 mm thick and max 30 mm 

Discussion: Originally this appeared to be patches of 'floor' material to the south in the oven cavity consisting of compound layers of plaster; what appeared to be mud plaster and ashy silt all in small patches with appearance of localised re-plastering as repair. However on excavation this small area grew and the floors were traced below (2733) and (2736) and ran up to and lipped up to the southern wall and the platform edge to the west. It now appears that this deposit represents accumulative floors and occupation debris/trample giving the appearance of floors. Quite how it works with the oven deposit I'm not clear, it would appear that the burnt/scorched horizon (see section 97/366) was sealed by floors and used before the 2nd oven wall (2398) was constructed which would mean that the 'rim' (2733) was never there but were also accumulated floor deposits. Hmmm!
NB A second archive was taken to compare and contrast.

16/09/97
Having excavated more floors in this space (2756), it's now not so clear that the 'floor' deposits in the oven were the same as the surrounding area. Because of disturbance subsequent to the 1960's excavation these floors were very difficult to trace or excavate individually, they were only apparent by their packing nature, I.e. came off in slices, therefore it is now not clear whether these floors I.e. in the area and surrounding were actually the same.

19/09/07
Having overlaid plans it appears that burial 264 is cut through (2727). this isn't 100% certain but pretty confident and therefore the matrix has been changed accordingly. 

Execution: trowel and leaf 

Condition: windy, hot and bright 

Consistency: moderately firm 

Colour: 10 YR 6/3 pale brown and 10 YR 8/2 very pale brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: 3% natural salts >2 mm; 1% charcoal <2mm 

Post-depositional Features: natural salting; tiny rootlets 

Basal Boundary: clear, anthropogenic accumulation, shares characteristics with underlying deposit. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2771, 2742 below: (Click to view the record) (2700 (2700, 2736 (2700, 2733) **2748 (2700, 2736** (2700 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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