Unit 23217

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area:  

Interpretive Categories: Infill between and above deposits,Pit Fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous

Description: Floor packing, initially thought to be pit fill, in the centre of Building 17/ 

Discussion: This was a deposit, thrown and packed in an area of uneven different deposits to smooth that area out in preparation of the floor above, i.e. the earliest floor of Building 17. Little chuncks of plaster had been inserted in between the two deposits lying below: a medium grey deposit rich in charcoal, and a brown-dirty yellow deposit lying next to it. On top of them, and next to them in the west, there was this unit (23217), an off-white, light grey deposit, rich in lime plaster. This initially appeared as the fill of a scoop (Pit-cut F.8045), however, it soon became clear that this was regarding a positive rather than a negative feature; it added to the deposits below in order to level the surface in preparation for the new floor. In addition to the small chuncks of plaster, infilling the gap between the aforementioned deposits, a larger chunk of badly-prepared plaster was also used in the west of this small area, and on the top. U 23217 refers to these plaster chunks and the similar consistency levelled top. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Off white - light grey 

Texture: Sandy plaster with admixtures 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Flecks of charcoal, small aggregates of plaster 

Post-depositional Features: Truncated in the North, by Pit F.8203 

Basal Boundary: Distinct, prominent, wavy, inclined towards the North, uneven surfaces below 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23227 below: (Click to view the record) 22528 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 30 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): XI, XII 

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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