Unit 30516

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: plaster layer + make-up on platform 3695 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: plaster

Description: Thin plaster layer on platform F.3695 with medium brown makeup material beneath. First layer on plateform F.3695 cut by unit 21124. 

Discussion: Not excavated in 2013.
TO be excavated AND DOCUMENTED next year.

2014 Update :
This layer comprises a very thin layer of plaster with a firm layer of medium brown make up underneath. It was difficult to uncover the plaster basal boundary beneath the make up material in the northern end of the platform due to the density of the material. In the southern scortched end of the platform, the make up and plaster material was both darker and more friable, enabling easier excavation between layers.
This platform layer was similar to its preceeding layer (u.30507) but was the first of plt F.3695 to be disturbed by the cut u.21124. This cut seems to have served as a trench between plt F.3694 and F.3695. This trench was excavated prior to u. 30516 with the floor of the cut appearing to disappear beneath plt F.3695. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: white and tan plaster over medium-browm makeup 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered plaster, and make-up material 

Inclusions: small sizes plaster pieces 10% 

Post-depositional Features: burning on southern edge of platform F.3695 

Basal Boundary: gradual appearance of smooth beige plaster layer beneath medium brown makeup 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30532 below: (Click to view the record) 30507, 21124 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 45 

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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