Unit 23942

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: plaster layer of burial pit 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: homogeneous

Description: This is the plaster layer of burial pit F. 8658 

Discussion: This is the plaster layer of burial. This layer was distinguished after recognizing a cut (23941) of the earliest burial pit on platform F. 8664. The plaster layer was heterogenous and cointained three internal layers - grey, orange and another grey. There were neither inclusions nor finds. 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: grey, brown, orange 

Texture: sandy clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23944 below: (Click to view the record) 23916 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 15 

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 

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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