Unit 15278

Category: Layer    dug in 2007

 

Area: TP 

 

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Interpretive Categories: layer 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 1x 0.95 x 0.09 

 

Description: hearth 

 

Discussion: This is a circular pit with a considerable concentration of charcoal and other organic material. As seen on the surface, it appeared to be some kind of fire installation. However, the unit turned out to be a layer made of elements of oven placed underneath. However, size and shape of this layer does not correspond with the layout of this fire installoatio. A number of its superstructure fragments were discovered 

 

Recognition: colour, shape 

Definition: fragment of fire installation 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: firm to friable 

Colour: mid brown 

Texture: silty clay & silty sand 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, obsidian, animal bones 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: irregular, constructional 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13532 below: (Click to view the record) 15234 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 26 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 14 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 72

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 435

Features:: (Click to view the record) 3182 (fire installation)

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2007 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 2

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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