Unit 32344

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floors 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: Series of plaster floors on platform 7950 (4-5 replasterings). Burnt/heat altered which has resulted in the preservation of some organic remains (sample 3). Impressions of botanical remains (possibly straw or chaff) also visible on some of the surfaces which may be part of the construction material or debris collecting on surface before replastering. Floors are sterile otherwise.

Prioritized (along with other floors 32365 & 32371) to find out more about organic material-is this the remnants of matting, part of the construction process, or the remnants of processing/craft activities?
Feedback showed that the material was mostly grass & leaves and is incorporated into the matrix of the plaster floor, so it looks like this material has been added as part of the construction process, as a temper or binding agent within the plaster rather than matting or the result of processing activities.

Compared with the other prioritized floors, the latest ones had the highest amount of preserved organic remains, perhaps indicative of better preservation in the layers most exposed to burning in this building. 

Consistency: Firm-friable (more friable in heavily burnt areas) 

Colour: Light-mid grey 

Texture: slightly silty plaster 

Bedding: laminated 

Inclusions: occasional phytoliths/botanical remains 

Post-depositional Features: Burrowing 

Basal Boundary: Diffuse, clear in places 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32363 below: (Click to view the record) 32339=30085, 32305 

Total Deposit Volume: 17 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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