Unit 21344

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Clean grey plaster floors 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: 4 floors (grey clay, finishing coats of 1-2mm in thickness) have been removed with their respectives make-ups, generally orangish-brown alluvial clays of 0.5-1cm in thickness. These floors were remarkably clean and devoid of finds with the exception of 2 large groundstones (ca. 20cm length) carefully placed on the SW corner of the building.

Packing material has been found under the third grey floor in the SW corner of the building, consisting of 1-3cm thick dark brown clay loam, soft and very coarse layer probably used to level the floors in this area, giving its marked slope (ca. 30-40º). The packing layer becomes thicker towards the SW of the unit.

The eastern half of this unit has been substantially bioturbated by rodents. 

Consistency: Soft / Friable 

Colour: Brownish grey 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: None 

Post-depositional Features: Bioturbation (animal burrowing), gypsum reprecipitation 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, very sharp, faint, smooth, 30º slope towards the S. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21368 below: (Click to view the record) 21113 

Dry sieve volume: 105 

Total Deposit Volume: 128 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds 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:

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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