Unit 23430
Category: Layer dug in 2017
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Floor,Platform surface
Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)
Description: U23430 was directly below U31418, covering more or less the same eastern area of Platform 7638.
Discussion: U23430 was a thin layer of plastered floor, maximum 1cm thick, heavily burnt. On the surface of this floor impressions of barley could be seen. These were recognised by the archaeobotanologist, Lara (UCL) who informed us of other such cases and suggested that this often happens when the Neolithic people would leave plants upon floor which were not completely dried yet. However, the frequency in which this is attested to on burnt floors of eastern Building 52 (U23437, U23442, U23438, U23447, U23443, U23461), may show that this was not a coincidence.
Consistency: Loose
Colour: Black and dark grey
Texture: Sand
Bedding: Fine parallel layers
Inclusions: tiny flecks of charcoal; tiny granules of burnt clay
Post-depositional Features: Compaction from other floors layed above; the western part was completely destroyed; U23430 only survived in the eastern part of Platform F7638
Basal Boundary: Constructional, levelled, distinct, smooth, flat and even.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples 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
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2017 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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