Unit 2780

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plaster floor 

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

Dimensions: 108 x 30 x 2 cm 

Discussion: Creamy grey looking thin (approx. 0.5 cm) layer of plaster floor situated on the E part of the working square and it was also on the E of the plaster line (3-4 cm wide). This was overlying a kind of burnt, and possibly due to trampling, compact bricky material which could be part of the oven which is situated just next on the E working square. 

Execution: plant machine and teaspoon 

Condition: sunny and hot 

Consistency: moderately weak 

Colour: 2.5 Y 8/2 pale yellow and crosses to 7/2 light gray 

Texture: clay to silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: brick or mortar aggregates < 1 cm 10-15 %, plaster aggregates < 1-2 cm 15 %, siliceous plant remains 0.5-1 cm, 5-10 %. 

Post-depositional Features: human levelling 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, sharp and wavy 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2795, 2800, 2819, 3933 below: (Click to view the record) 2783, 2785, 2786 equal to:contemp.2784

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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