Unit 8270

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: rim and floor of hearth 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: inner R= 50cm; outer R= 56cm 

Discussion: Photo #s: 2001T 447.01-.06

Very badly preserved fire installation with partially destroyed floor made of red scorched clay and base of the floor consisting of very coarse burnt clay lining immediately above the floor of F. 778.
The rim of the fire installation is made of firm stuffed brownish clay and is stuck to the rim of the underlying F.778, so it is not completely removed. Above the rim traces of loor layer of F. 775 overlapping the edge of this feature are visible. 

Recognition: shape,consistency, colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: firm to coarse 

Colour: 2.5YR 5/4; 10YR 6/5 

Texture: ashy burnt and scorched clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: ash 

Post-depositional Features: animal hole 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8240 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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