Unit 30893

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: platform construction 

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

Discussion: The unit was recognised as a platform (F.3873) construction, which is located in southern part of Trench 4. An unspecified superstructure (u.31871), probably unconnected to the platform itself, was found inside. Most likely, it was a part of an earlier oven, the third one in the sequence of fire installations associated with the platform. The platform construction was made of a very mixed materials including brown sand, plaster, stones and a lot of small charcoal inclusions. A cluster of artefacts was found in eastern part of the layer. A worked bone was found in SE corner of the unit. 

Consistency: Mostly friable, partially loose and firm 

Colour: Mixed - brown, grey, orange 

Texture: Clayish sand, clay, plaster, stone 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal - flecks, plaster - medium, stone - small 

Post-depositional Features: Disturbance by animals and roots 

Basal Boundary: Faint, irregular 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 31874 below: (Click to view the record) 30879 

Dry sieve volume: 140 

Total Deposit Volume: 170 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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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