Unit 14400

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: hearth base,hearth makeup layer 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Remnant of earlier hearth construction or continuation of floor layer across platform sealing earlier features, perhaps providing a good surface for construction of hearth (13645)/ . Appears that dry sieve volume of zero is valid 19/08/09 SAJ Original Total Deposit Volume entered as 3 altered by system check 30/08/09 

Recognition: visible in plan beneath later hearth, laminating from ashy layer beneath 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: mid gery brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional charcoal <5mm 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: clear to the W, less defined to the E 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14405 below: (Click to view the record) 14401 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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