Unit 32532

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: surface 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: white clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Description: Composite layer comprised of a grey white plaster surface and a mid red brown levelling deposit. The levelling element of the context has been described.

Plaster: soft grey white marl. Massive bedding with very occasional flecks of charcoal and phytolith impressions as a part of the matrix of the deposit. 

Discussion: Though the interface with the upper context 32520 was 'smooth' in that it had little varience in clarity or depth it was not 'even' because 32532 itself was an uneven context varying in depth 0.03m north to south (the north was higher). This difference occurred abruptly 1.66m for the Bench F7966 along a fracture line which had created a step in the context 32532. Nor was 32532 in good condition with the plaster surface being ruptured in several places to reveal the rubble formation deposit.

A resurfacing of Platform F.7952 to mitigate subsidence to the east? 

Consistency: friable (biscuit like) 

Colour: mid red brown 

Texture: silt fired clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional small flecks of charcoal 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic; very sharp; distincy; smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32527 below:32521 32520equal to: (Click to view the record) 32543 

Total Deposit Volume: 32 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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