Unit 3641

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: ashy fill 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: max 0.68 m N-S x 0.70 m E-W 

Discussion: This layer was found while excavating infill (3370). It did get slightly overdug so the N edge of the unit is artificial. This seems to be an ashy fill with brick in it. Because the ash is soft, it has been disturbed by animals quite a lot so it has been hard to get the extent of different materials within the unit. The excavation of the unit started with the brick shown on the sketch. On the W part of the brick mortary stuff came out with phytoliths underneath. Underneath the phytoliths was the ashy layer. It was hard to distinguish the mortar and the ashy layer from each other at the surface because they had the same colour. The bear claw was found in this unit so while excavating I was expecting some hints about the bear claw. But the unit was fairly sterile. This ashy stuff seems to be on top of some kind of collapse, which could be in a pit.

After further excavation of (3714) and (3718) it was understod that there was no sign of a cut.
After the flotation samples were looked at by the specialists some interesting facts came through. First of all, the bones found in the ashy deposit had some bones in it which obviously were treated by some heat (heat affected). The bear claw was found in the ashy layer but it was not treated with heat. So it might be possible that the bear claw fell in to the deposit. Generally both of the flotation samples were very sterile. 

Recognition: Recognised by an ashy layer with a brick in the middle next to layer (3370). 

Definition: Ashy layer defined by wall to W, by plaster lining to SE. 

Execution: Leaf trowel and trowel. 

Condition: Dry. 

Consistency: the brick inside the layer is quite firm, but the layer itself is friable 

Colour: 10 YR 5/1 gray 

Texture: ashy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: it has a mudbrick within the layer which takes about 30% of the whole layer, the colour of the brick is 10 YR 6/3 pale brown, otherwise that <2% small flecks of charcoal, some hackberries 

Post-depositional Features: it has salt flecks within but the major problem is all the animal holes 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3714 below: (Click to view the record) 3604, 3370 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3603 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

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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