Unit 8531

Category: layer    dug in 2002

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor #13 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1.70 m E-W; 1.50 m N-S 

Discussion: Removal of floor #13 brought us to gray surface (floor) covered and sometimes consisting of salts, as the one we reached in NE corner when unit 8466 was removed. Floor #13 consisted of here and there preserved white plaster but dirty, white in between F.778 and F.606 there was a thick layer of red and brown packing (but still we took floor samples), and NE of F.778 we removed red packing mixed with ash and black burnt clay. For the so-called "cut" between F.778 and F.606, it appeared that it is not a real cut but more like a concentration of different kind of material (mixture of black, red, white clay, very tough) put here to stop kitchen floor from sloping towards North. They laid more floor and packing layers in northern half of the kitchen for the same reason.
Floor #13 was the last one connected with F.778; it has spread underneath it. It also formed the base of cuts F.791 and F.754 so they are not visible anymore.
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Recognition: color, consistensy 

Definition: clear in most of the unit 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm to loose 

Colour: 10 R 7/1; 10 R 4/4; 2.5 YR 4/3 

Texture: thin whitish plaster floor with reddish-brown packing 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: salts, phytoliths, a few plant remains, ash, burnt clay 

Post-depositional Features: animal holes, cuts, oven 

Basal Boundary: gray floor, irregular surface, trumpled, crumbly 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 6524 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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  

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