Unit 23066

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Wall plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Surviving wall plaster from entire southern wall of B.131 (F.7705). Two major patches survived to be excavated: in E part of side room (Sp. 504) abutting the internal wall (F.7708), and in the SE corner of main room (Sp. 500). All heat affected to various degrees and generally in a poor state of preservation, with the outermost layers almost certainly missing completely and the lower parts of the Sp. 500 patch 'melted' into the underlying brick. Took block from best-preserved part of Sp. 500 plaster as archive sample. 

Consistency: Friable with some heat-affected areas consolidated with brick below and very hard. 

Colour: Many white plaster layers (with varying orange and grey discoloration as heat-affected) w/ v. fine mid-grey layers between, sitting atop light- to mid-grey makeup. 

Texture: Fine clay plaster layers 

Bedding: Compound layers (basal makeup + plaster layers) 

Inclusions: Chaff or similar vegetal matter in basal makeup 

Post-depositional Features: Scorched variably by building closure fire; some areas consolidated with brick below, esp. lower on the wall. 

Basal Boundary: Distinct constructional boundary (generally); obscured where plaster has fused with brick below due to fire. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22609 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 19 

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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