Unit 21952

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: dirty floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: This layer was interpreted as a "dirty floor", a definition here used to indicate a working surface, characterized by a composition different by the floors next to the hearth, usually rich of ashes and charcoals. On the top of this layer there aren't markers of cooking activites, but its many inclusions suggest working actions, probably connected to the preparation of the food (the layer is cut by u30951, the pit where was allocated the quern stone, cluster u30945=30944). The layer is located on top of the raised area (working platform), on the west side of the hearth. The layer is characterized by remarcable thickness in the the central part, and it is above the internal structure of the working platform (u21953): it is probable that the layer had the double function as a working floor on the bottom and as a structural layer for the depth, functional to fill the internal part of the working platform. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: light grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: few small charcoals, a lot of small lumps of plaster and clay, sporadic and small ocra lens 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: diffuse 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21953, 21956 below: (Click to view the record) 21948 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 67 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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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