Unit 5126

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plaster on wall niche 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: painted

Dimensions: 70 by 39 by 1.5cm 

Discussion: This is the application of the ? niches plaster surface. rough ? of the plaster was described above. in max. thickness it is reaching about 1.5 - 20cm. Plaster is covering ? feature in the N wall ( F 482 ) . That must be due to reshaping the walls of the building. 

Recognition: by eye, shape 

Definition: situation and application of the niche 

Execution: by pick axe 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: moderately firm and friable 

Colour: white 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: very small stone particles (<0.2 cm & <2%) 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: anthrop/sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5127 below: (Click to view the record) 4992 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4512 

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): X 

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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