Unit 32046

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: infill of a pit 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: U.32046 refers to the infill of a pit F.7740 which is centrally placed in Sp.531. This infill was compound and included small clay aggregates, plaster and small amount of charcoals. It was silty in general. While it was light grey and light orange in color, at some point (after 30 cm) infill changed and fill became massive ash till the bottom of the cut U.32047. This massive ashy infill is taken as a flotation sample (S3) and it is subsampled (S4) for phytholith sample. According to specialists, this ashy deposit represents different burning events from different activities. It included chaff, grain, weeds and some pulse. It was rich in residue most probably from fire installations. They were very well preserved. There were abundant phytholiths coming from different activities and mix of burning events is important to note here. Apparently, there was one lump of rock super melted over 900 degrees. Residue from this fill was referring multiple seasons like spring, late summer, autumn and winter. Considering the placement of this pit and different burning activities with mixed residue, the pit might have been used for some sort of commemoration ritual. 

Consistency: firm to loose 

Colour: light grey, orange, light brown 

Texture: sandy, silty, ashy 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: 5% charcoals 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrow 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32047 below: (Click to view the record) 32032 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 90 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

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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