Unit 8291

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor packing/ plaster 7 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1.0 (EW) X 0.80 M 

Discussion: This unit is the SW quadrant of the floor and packing of floor 7 in F. 162. It's composition and basal boundaries, etc. were similar to the other three quadrants. There was only one layer of plaster and a layer of very pale brown packing. The basal boundary surface was quite uneven. On the southern side there was a higher occurrencem of thick phytolith layers and salts (postdepositional). 

Recognition: white plaster floor 7 down to dark grey packing 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry- slightly damp 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: 10 YR 8/1 (plaster white) 10 YR 7/3 (packing) (very pale brown) 

Texture: sandy, silty, loam 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: organics 

Post-depositional Features: some salts on S. side 

Basal Boundary: dark brown mottled packing 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

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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