Unit 18646

Category: Layer    dug in 2011

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: floor make-up 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: floor (packing only); Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: NS: 1.32m; EW: 2.19; Depth: 0.19 

Discussion: Central floor area. After excavation, it is clear that it extends under platforms to north and and this thick make-up layer was laid prior to the construction of platforms F.3459 and F.3455 

Recognition: plaster floor-clear 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel and leaf trowel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: firm to compact 

Colour: light to mid-orange-grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: stone, obsidian, shell 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18666, 18698 below: (Click to view the record) 18663, 18639, 18657 

Dry sieve volume: 345 

Total Deposit Volume: 357 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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