Unit 32073

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: dirty floors 

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

Discussion: An arbitrary grouped layer combined with varied numbers of subsequent laminations of: ashy-dirt, plastered floors and make-ups had been excavated under individually assigned Unit no. 32073. The thick deposit (up to 7cm) represented sequence of long time of use of SW-Platform (F.7880). The mentioned feature was oriented NS alignment, and worth noticing is that the narrow protruding along W-wall (F.7346) might have been used also as a threshold (?) due to the placement of the intra-wall access (Crawl-hole F.7856) which was incised into adjacent southern wall (F.3679) of Sp.531.
As regards to the unit 32073, its the thickest depth and consequently the most complex laminations had been evidenced in the most southern part of the layer - in front of the crawl-hole. There were number of layers preliminarily recorded there, that might be presented here as follows (from the top): 1. Ashy-dirt, 2. white plaster, 3. Ashy-dirt, 4. make-up, 5. Ashy-dirt, 6. Cream plaster, 7. Dirty- make-up, 8. Dirt, 9 dirty- make-up, 10. Ashy-dirt.
The northern part of the unit consist only of 2 mid-white layers of plasters divided by thin make-up layer. The difference in thickness between N and S might be interpreted by specific wear of use of the raised part of he interior during its occupation. However, the apparent truncations might have been caused also by activities related with a phase of abandonment. Most plausibly on the bad state of preservation and observable diminishes from the original platform’s scope influenced also natural post-depositional-processes (e.g. extensive animal burrowing).
During the exploration a decision had been made to excavate the presented deposits and reveal the white layer of floor on top of which an fire-installation had been already recognized in the section. For that reason there was varied quantity of layers recorded under the one unit number. Considering the composition of all of the mentioned laminations, intriguing is the high density and domination of the dirt and dark inclusions within the described deposit. The latter implies intensive and repeated pattern of use of the surface, which shered resemblance with the two units excavated to the East (dirty floors: 32063, 32071).
In order to better conceive the nature of the proceedings that had taken place on the spot in the Neolithic there were several samples collected to facilitate further analyzes. Respectively: S.1- refers to the archive sample from the middle of the unit, S.2 – flotation sample wchich was collected all over the unit, S.3 – phytolith sample, S.4 – phytolith sample from the upper part of the unit in its southern locale, S.5 – archive sample with location the same as the S.4, S6 – phytolith sample from thick (8mm) dirty layer sat on top of the white floor (the stopping layer), S.7 – archive sample with the same location as S.6, S.8 – additional flotation sample collected exclusively from the (infill) top of the hard backed base of fire installation. S.9 – phytolith sample representing white impressions of plants on top of the white floor (stopping layer). S.10 – sample collected for microstatygraphical / micromorphological analyzes from next to the access (f.7856). 

Consistency: compact to firm 

Colour: multicoloured depending on the evidenced laminations: mid-white, mid-brown, dark-grey, mid-grey 

Texture: clay, sandy-sit, silty-clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: charcoals / aschy layers - 40% 

Post-depositional Features: Extensive Animal burrowing, wear of use 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32072, 32713 below: (Click to view the record) 21670 

Total Deposit Volume: 52 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 14

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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