Unit 32371

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Plaster floors 

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

Discussion: 3-4 plaster floor surfaces representing repasting of floor on this platform. As with other floors in this area, the surfaces consist of a thin make up layer & plaster floor. Plaster contains impressions of botanical remains-probably Straw or chaff which may be debris or part of construction process.

As with the layers removed above, the area around feature 7991 (post installation? In NW corner of platform) is much paler in colour-possibly because it was scorned due to high temperature burning or possibly because there was something in this corner which protected the surface?

Prioritized (along with other floors 32344 & 32365) to find out more about organic material-is this the remnants of matting, part of the construction process, or the remnants of processing/craft activities?
Feedback showed that the material was mostly grass & leaves and is incorporated into the matrix of the plaster floor, so it looks like this material has been added as part of the construction process, as a temper or binding agent within the plaster rather than matting or the result of processing activities.

The latest of these floors had the highest amount of preserved organic remains, perhaps indicative of better preservation in the layers most exposed to burning in this building. 

Consistency: Firm-friable 

Colour: Light-mid grey depending on extent of burning 

Texture: Slightly sandy plaster 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: occasional small stones/grit & brick frags 

Post-depositional Features: Burrowing 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32377 below: (Click to view the record) 32385 

Dry sieve volume: 25 

Total Deposit Volume: 50 

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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