Unit 32051

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: plaster,repair 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: A thick layer of mid-white plaster U.32051 was recorded as adjacent part to Northern face of curtain-wall construction (F.7735). The on-field examination of the plaster revealed that most plausibly it might have been a later addition aiming to extend or repair the mentioned structure. Unfortunately, the activities related with abandonment phase of B.132 caused massive destruction of the curtain-wall as well as the adjacent plasters. Hence, the presented here unit represents the only one trace of remodeling of the low division (F.7735).
Nevertheless, considering the fact that the plaster overlaid a surface of floor which overlapped the earlier construction of the curtain-wall one may state that the heavily tempered by organic material white paste must have been put at some point of use of the shallow division. And as such it may be regarded as a repair or modification of the curtain wall that took place only in its Northern part. Worth noticing is that the plaster did not continue to the nearby floor surface and it seemed to be set individually as a result of an independent, immediate action. 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: mid-white 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: organic temper - 20% 

Post-depositional Features: truncation by abandonment activities 

Basal Boundary: distinct - a layer of plastered floor 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32054, 32055 below: (Click to view the record) 31577, 31576 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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