Unit 30318

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: compound layer of make up and floor,mixed fill of a platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: This is an easily distinguishable unit due to its location on the platform F.1851, its dark colour and consistency. It consisted of fine layer of thick make up and patchy floor located on the make up. The layer has been badly eroded especially in the SW edge because of long exposition to weather conditions since the 1960's. Its basal boundary has been easily recognized.
It seems that this layer was one of the lowest layer which covered this platform. Upper sequence of floors and make ups had been explored by J. Mellaart in the 1960's. I assume this was because of the niche (F. 1865) which had been covered with plasters simultaneously with the platform. 

Consistency: friable to firm 

Colour: dark grey, dark brown, light grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: charcoals (5%) 

Post-depositional Features: truncations 

Basal Boundary: clear, distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30320 below: (Click to view the record) 30303, 30316 

Dry sieve volume: 150 

Total Deposit Volume: 170 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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