Unit 23778

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: layer of plasters and makeups 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature

Discussion: That was a layer of plasters and makeup on the top of the platform F. 7173. The unit was made of a sequence of plasters and makeups. In northern part, the very last layer of plaster was registered, which was not present in either central or southern part. Further below, the following sequence was recorded, as seen from the top: (a) 2 cm layer of meakeup, (b) 5 mm layer of plaster and (c) another 2 cm thick layer of makeup. Beneath this lumped unit another one plaster was registered U23757. The unit abutted the layer of plaster 23718, which is going vertically down. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: gray, white 

Texture: clayish 

Bedding: compound layers of makeup and plaster 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: rodent 

Basal Boundary: visibly by othr colour of layer below 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23757 below: (Click to view the record) 30877 

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): II 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

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