Unit 23986

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: a postument for pilaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth

Discussion: This is a postument/ base for a pillar/ pilaster- some kind of constructional element that was dug into the central platform of Building 150 (central part of the trench 4). Only the thin layer of round pillar preserved. It seemed to be set on a rectangular postument. It was placed on the spot of an earlier pit with pot deposit that was dug onto the platform. 

Consistency: firm to friable 

Colour: orange, black 

Texture: silty clay, ash (black layer inside) 

Bedding: layered (1st layer orange, 2 nd black, very thin layer, 3rd orange layer) 

Inclusions: charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing 

Basal Boundary: clear: floor, pit 8673 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23989 below: (Click to view the record) 23987 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 20 

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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