Unit 4221

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: wall plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster)

Dimensions: inner area c. 0.3m x 0.5m x up to 1cm thick max 

Discussion: Irregular area of plaster adhering to corner of wall 413 + 415 in SW corner of building 8. This plaster was first re-exposed in 1995 when it extended over a large area + also revealed first frags of wall painting (see 95 sections). The plaster then was seen to be continuous ??? over the height of the wall which would have represented 2-3 phases of construction to "shrine 1". In '95 it was noted that wall 413 off-set the lower wall 415 creating a shallow overhang + the plaster was a continuous render. However this would also represent several phases of re-plastering over earlier phase applications.
As excavated this year, the plaster was in very fragmentary state + was removed as one, in frags. No attempt was made to remove lense by lense as no paint was evident + no association to anything, apart from the wall, survived. Therefore it was deemed unneceesary to spend time on an incomplete sequence. 

Recognition: plaster applied to wall face - distinct colour, composition + lensing 

Definition: a/a 

Execution: trowel from edge - removed as one 

Condition: v. dry, v. flakey, first exposed in 1960's + re-exposed in 1995 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: yellow-white 

Texture: v.smooth - lime 

Bedding: lensed 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: dry + heavily eroded + cracked 

Basal Boundary: clear, sharp, constructional, following contours of underlying wall face 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4192, 4193 below:+

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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