Unit 20089

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: platform Make-up 

Data Category Information: In Situ: non in-situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: pise-like; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Unit 20089 is a make-up layer belonging to central east platform F.3440. This very compact and quite thick (~2,5 cm) layer was very distinctive cause of its contrasting orange brown colour, consistency of soil and texture.
This unit was found underlaying the thick plaster layer (U.20079). It is likely this make-up layer was applied shortly before a plastering event. This unit was determined as a compound layer since ashy lenses with charcoal fragments at the bottom were revealed in depressions.
Established that this highly burned and loose material is not in situ. That is the main reason why the ashy layer had been included to this unit. It was speculated moreover that this ashy layer exposed solely in depression / niche parts had been imposed of some disinfection purposed or as an unpleasant smell absorber. This hypothesis maybe accurate only if these niched indicate precise places, where deceased had been buried. 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: light brown with hints of orange 

Texture: silty - clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: charcoal, marl, shell fragments 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear, constructional, distinct contrast, smooth form & surface 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 20079, 18978, 20099 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 62 

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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