Unit 21775

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Plaster extension to platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Unit is a very friable and eroded massive layer of plaster along the w edge of main platform. It lies underneath compound main plaster floors U. 21765 and above a course of 6 large mudbricks and mortar that appear to be a construction addition to the platform, bench, and F. 7410. It's purpose seems to be to cover the brick course and incorporate the addition into the platform plaster floors. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: whitish gray 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: erosion 

Basal Boundary: distinct, sloped downward, flat, constructional 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22416 below: (Click to view the record) 21765 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 5 

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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