Unit 30102

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: platform surface and make-up 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform)

Discussion: This unit consists of multiple layers of plaster and make-up. The plaster surfaces removed are very fine and clean. The lower make-up consists of about a 1 to 2 cm thick fine sandly clay loam which has a large number of plant inclusions within it. In fact the plant remains are in good condition due to the partial carbonization caused by the fire in the building. More interestingly the floors above the make-up simply peel-off to imprints of fingers/hands caused by the laying of the make-up. The impressions suggest that the make-up was rather wet and padded down while quite malleable. The very clean edge of the platform suggests that there may have been a frame holding the make-up in place.

As excavation continued it became apparent that the lowest make-up layer actually folded onto the edge of the platform surface. A working shot of this was taken to record the phenomenon. This fold or lip may be evidence for the use of a plank to make a nice smooth edge on the platform. 

Consistency: loose to moderately firm. 

Colour: top plastered floors floors brown, mid make-up a darker brown, mid-level floors grayish brown, make-up with hand prints dark grayish brown 

Texture: floors are a silty loam, make-up is a fine sandy clay loam 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: floors are relatively clean with minute specs of charcoal. Make-up has specs of charcoal, clay aggregates, and a lot of phytolith and plant impressions. 

Post-depositional Features: salts and root / insect activity. 

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic and sharp. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30551, 20989 below: (Click to view the record) 30559 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 32 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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:

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

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