Unit 32669

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Fire spot 

Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Deposit exposed during the digging process of the U32653. Correspond to a concentration of ashes and charcoal in the central west past of the area, but has to be treated as part of the deposit U32653. We assigned a new unit only because the concentration of charcoal, so is safest context in case samples for dating are needed.
There were no traces of burn around this deposit, and seems more related with remains of a cleaning process of an oven or fire spot than an activity area.
We want to notice that around the same area, just a bit deep, a proper fire spot was documented (U32675).
We also want to notice that the fire spot is probably part of the feasting deposit U32653 even that is related with the room infill U32673. The top of this unit was assigned arbitrarily, but the composition of the soil was exactly the same as the U32653, so part of the finds of this room infill could still be part of the feasting deposit. 

Consistency: Very loose 

Colour: Dark grey 

Texture: Silt and clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Small natural stones, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: salts 

Basal Boundary: difusse, trampled 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32675 below: (Click to view the record) 32667 equal to:none 

Total Deposit Volume: 7 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): XI, XII 

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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