Unit 32785

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floors and make-ups 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: The layer of grouped plaster floors and underlying make-ups of varied thickness (U.32785) was recorded as badly truncated surfaces in East-Central part of the Sp.531. The mentioned location refers to the place where the platform F.7734 had been set afterwards. As such the combined layer 32785 may be regarded as the first stage of establishing the place for special purposes. The latter statement finds more substantiations in the shape of the surface that had been evidently molded in desired form. In particular it was noticeable in performing a kerb-like mold which was adjacent to the West of the Bench F.7879. The described linear protruding delineated the clean area to the North of the bench, dividing it from the dirty floors to the South. The same combination of plasters and make-up layers had been recorded also within the most Eastern part of the room which indicates clearly that the y might have covered whole area before setting there the East-central platform F.7734. The unit grouped many laminations composed of several layers among whom one can enumerate: thick white plaster, light-brown make-up, thin white plaster, grey make-up, thin white plaster, orange-make-up, thin white plaster, grey make-up, white plaster, grey make-up, white plaster, grey make-up. The respective layers were perceptibly thicker in the Eastern part of the area which may imply desire to make even the surface that started sinking due to the weight of the heavy walls already at the initial stage of the occupation. From stratygraphical point of view the layer was recorded below thick composed unit 32735 which formed the platform afterwards. Alternatively it overlaid the leveling deposit U.32761 that was set/dumped in order to prepare the surface for the further dwelling purposes. On the other hand, the Unit 32785 corresponded with the sequence of white coating 32784 recorded on the bench F.7879. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: multicolored: white (plaster), light-brown, orange, mid-grey (make-up) 

Texture: clay, silty-clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: later truncations 

Basal Boundary: distinct, underlying leveling deposit U.32761 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32761 below: (Click to view the record) 32735 

Dry sieve volume: 66 

Total Deposit Volume: 96 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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