Unit 3378

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: multiple plaster layers 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mixed; Deposition: composite (floor/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

Dimensions: 0.3 x 0.12 m, c. 3.5 cm deep 

Discussion: Slightly rounded lump of finely (multiple) layered material (floors?) abutting Roddy's third phase edge of platform. Up to 7 layers. Surface of lump flat and levelled, same level as platform [ ] and (3340) (floor). Multiple layers under plastered edge seem to continue beneath floor (3355). 

Recognition: Mulitple floor (?) layers abutting edge of platform (Roddys third phase). Visible in section. 

Definition: Defined by layers in W sections in N and platform edge in E. Clear boundaries. 

Execution: Layers by leaf trowel. 

Condition: Slightly moist. 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: 10 YR 8/2 very pale brown/10 YR 6/3 pale brown/10 YR 5/1 gray 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: continously layered; 1) greyish brown 2 cm thick, 2) brown 1 cm thick, 3) grey 0.2 cm thick, 4) brown 1.5 cm thick, 5) grey 0.5 cm, 6) white max 0.6 cm, 7) brown 2 cm+ thick 

Inclusions: phytoliths c. 10% 

Post-depositional Features: occasional flecks of salt, some root activity 

Basal Boundary: not finished 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3341, 3340, 3342 below: (Click to view the record) 2787, 2788, 2790 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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