Unit 30004

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Sequence of grey plaster floors and make ups 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Sequence of grey plaster floors (<0.5mm thickness each, finishing coats) and alluvial silty clay make-ups (1-0.5mm thickness) in NE corner of building. Six floors with their corresponding make-ups have been excavated, laying against, and therefore postdating, the burial platform to the S of this unit.
Some of the grey plaster floors appeared rich in microcharcoal, although it is impossible to determine whether these are occupation remains or rather temper added (either accidentally or intentionally) at the place of plaster manufacture.
Intertwined phytoliths have been found at the contact between one plaster floor and the brown make-up above it (decayed mat? fibers?), although these show a patchy distribution. The E end of this unit is extremely bioturbated by animal burrowing. Gypsum salts of up to 2mm diameter are ubiquiteous throughout the sequence. 

Consistency: Firm. 

Colour: Light grey (plaster) and light brown (make-up of alluvial clay). 

Texture: Fine silty clay. 

Bedding: Layered. 

Inclusions: Microcharcoal, phytoliths and plant impressions. 

Post-depositional Features: NE corner heavily bioturbated by rodent burrowing; gypsum salts. 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, prominent, smooth, constructional. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30005 below: (Click to view the record) 30109 equal to: (Click to view the record) 30005 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 17 

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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