Unit 31600

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: As the floors of Sp 565 were exposed by Mellaart in 60s and then backfield thy were really poorly preserved in orderr to have the better understanding of the space it was decided to excavate the most eroded top layers as one unit (this one)in attempt to expose one of lower better preserved layers. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: up to 3 layers of white plaster, 2 layers of dark grey make-up and one layer of dark brown make-up 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered up to 3 layers of 5mm makeup and 3 mm of plaster each 

Inclusions: very few small flecks of charcoal and mineral inclusions 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, plant roots, and heavy weathering 

Basal Boundary: - 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 31603 

Total Deposit Volume: 29 

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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