Unit 30539

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: infill of floor 2176 (thick make up) 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: floor (packing only); Deposition: heterogeneous

Description: not fully excavated in 2014, need further work 

Discussion: Layer u30539 is a very thick layer of infill or make up sitting in top of floor F.7618.
It is the foundational layer of floor f7618. It created an elevated surface in order to to make a new floor (f2176). This event is contemporary with the construction of the new platform f3694 and f3695 on top of f7605 and f7617, and of the retrieval of posts associated with floor f7618.
It is marking a new architectectural phase of building 52.

U.30539 is not fully excavated. Its western part is runing under f2174. This last has to be removed to continue the excavation of u30539. 

Consistency: loose in heavely burnt areas, but clay like and hard in other areas 

Colour: burnt areas : dark grey brown, less burnt : more yellowish 

Texture: sandy clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: building material, plant remains 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, roots growth, burning of b52 and modern erosion 

Basal Boundary: clear basal boudary : plaster of surfaces u.21390 and u.21393 od floor F.7618 are very smooth. The contrast is very prominent. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22114 below: (Click to view the record) 21310, 21322, 21316, 21399, 21311 

Dry sieve volume: 152 

Total Deposit Volume: 179 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 11

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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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