Unit 8284

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor packing 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 122 cm x 58 cm 

Discussion: This unit involved the continued excavation of the SE corner of sp 201; bldg 3; including part of niche (8144, 8149). Excavation included the removal of the thick packing layer involved the previous plaster floor (8282). Removal of this layer revealed the remains of a damaged greyish floor; also revealed the layer portion of the plaster wall in the niche. The plaster wall defining the niche continues to be visible which indicates that it had been constructed earlier than previously thought; the visible stratigraphy shows the northern end of the unit was plastered repeatedly and more frequently than other areas of the unit; these repeated plastering consist of very thin layers of plaster and packing. The plaster and packing layers visible in other areas the unit are fewer and thicker. This may be related to the more intensive foot traffic in the north area of this unit which would have been the entrance to this space. The rest of this area may have been used for storage and would have required fewer plasterings due to less foot traffic. The entrance was likely on the west end. This would have been a storage area next to the kitchen. 

Recognition: floor plaster and packing 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel; in plan 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: 10 YR 6/4 = packing; floor 10YR 7/1 

Texture: n/a 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: small amounts of charcoal, plaster, burned clay 

Post-depositional Features: n/a 

Basal Boundary: smooth, flat and abrupt constructional floor layer 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8323, 8320 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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