Unit 2790

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: surface/floor 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 1.00 m E/W- 1.60 m N/S 

 

Discussion: Floor, brushed, worn, plaster surface, appears worn away at south, likely through use of oven area. Small oval (see sketch) "target" in floor suggests at least 7 re-layering of plaster in this area after floor 2790, either, suggesting deliberate truncation or truncation through use.

NB/ X and Y on last years grid but levelled this year 

 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: shaded 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: 2.5 Y 8/2 pale yellow- grey 

Texture: clay silt 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: < 10 % oprganic residue, phytoliths, salt, probably straw, small charcoal, < 50 % silty clay 

Post-depositional Features: cut through by pit, possible drip hole, see over 

Basal Boundary: clear, distinct, anthropogenic 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3378 below: (Click to view the record) 2783, 2785, 2786 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2788, 2787 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 2

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 117

Features:: none

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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