Unit 21253

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: clay plaster floor 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

Discussion: Unit 21253 an earliest plaster floor (level 1, phase II) belonging the surface platform F7411. This white yellowish plaster clay is bounded by the painting edge platform F3441 to the north, and by the bench F7429 to the south. Indeed the bench F7410, 7435 are built into the next level. The benches had become larger while the platform smaller.it is contemporary with the make-up floor U21256, plaster U19186 on the main space 135. The plaster base floor U21255, U21264 of the extension benches F7435, F7410 same as this plaster. We think that a part of U21253 reused while the construction of benches. At the (level 2 phase II) the two benches F7435, F7429 in the south are met and become the extension bench F3439. At that level 2 the plaster floor which contemporary with the extension benches is U21254. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Light brownish/orange, make-up orange grey 

Texture: slightly silty clay/plaster 

Bedding: Laminated 

Inclusions: occasional ash + phytolith (<1%) 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: clear, sharp, constructional 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21257 below: (Click to view the record) 212455 equal to: (Click to view the record) 21255, 21264 

Dry sieve volume: 85 

Total Deposit Volume: 115 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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