Unit 32708

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: make-up,packing 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: The layer refers to the make-up set on the East-Central platform F.7734 below plaster 32089. The deposit composed of mixed, crushed building materials such as broken pieces of orange bricks and white plaster. The evoked above composition implies that the material was regain and reused afterwards from a dismantled construction. The peculiar recycle proceedings must have employed the use of water in order to prepare the mixture (paste) that was added to the crushed pieces. In that way the paste could be easily applied and modeled all over the platform F.7734, gaining the desire form and thickness. As regards to the latest aspect, the thickness of the make-up varied considerably depending on the area of application. Accordingly, along the Eastern wall F.7736 the layer was 3-4cm thick. Alternatively, the Western part of the make-up placed along the E-edge of the platform was ca. 1cm thick. Taking into account the easily recognizable pieces of several types of the materials it is clear that before the preparation of the mixture respective fragments of bricks and plaster had not been powdered, but they had been only roughly crushed. The latter resulted in definable difference between the particular elements.
The employment of the two main components that composed the paste gave solid and stable base for intended activities. Considering the general purpose of the make-up that was placed on top of the raised area one can state that the layer 32708 was laid down in order to elevate the platform F.7734, as well as to remodel its form into desired shape. The final appearance had been gain by the plaster coating (U.32089), and as such it was used later on by the inhabitants.
Within the layer there was one X-find recorded (X1), in the eastern part of the unit. It was a complete clay-ball that was extracted from the flotation sample (S2) in order to underline its significance as the only find within ‘sterile’ deposit. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Multicolored: mid-orange / mid-brown (brick fragments), light-grey, mid-white (plaster fragments) 

Texture: clay, silty-clay, marl 

Bedding: compound layered, composed of diofferent kind of materials 

Inclusions: Bricks 80%, plaster 20% 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: distinct, sharp due to the underlying plaster 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32719 below: (Click to view the record) 32089 

Dry sieve volume: 63 

Total Deposit Volume: 93 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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