Unit 30026

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Grey floor and levelling unit in E side of blg 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Thin grey plaster floor (finishing coat <0.5 mm thickness) and coarse dark brown levelling unit underneath. The latter increases in depth progressively towards the E (4cm depth), from its 0.5 thickness in its W end.
This levelling unit, used to stabilise the slight E slope in this part of the building, was made of coarse sandy clay loam rich in inclusions, mostly clay aggregates and microcharcoal. This unit is also considerably thicker under the burial platform F.638, which has an even steeper E slope. U.30026 extends towards the W side and SW+NW corners of the burial platform, representing its later construction stage. It appears absent from the E side and SE+NW corners of the platform, which appear to have followed a different (later) construction pattern.
After removing this unit, a cut (U.30028) by the burial pit but apparently in no association with it, became visible. Also, after removing this unit from the S wall, a geometric painting, in bright orange colours, was uncovered. This lies under several layers of white and red-painted plaster, and most likely precedes the construction of the platform. 

Consistency: Soft 

Colour: Grey (floor), dark greyish brown (levelling unit) 

Texture: Clay (floor), sandy clay loam (levelling unit) 

Bedding: Layered, with both separate layers massively bedded 

Inclusions: Medium to coarse sands, charcoal, orange clay aggregates 

Post-depositional Features: Extremely bioturbated by rodent burrowing on E end of unit 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, prominent, smooth, constructional 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30029 below: (Click to view the record) 30024 

Dry sieve volume: 7.5 

Total Deposit Volume: 41 

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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