Unit 17557

Category: Layer    dug in 2010

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: plaster on hearth/basin 

 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: hearth

 

Description: plaster surface covering hearth/basin feature as with the other features in the building the plaster is heavly fire damaged, it is located in the usual position for a hearth. 

 

Discussion: Layer removed was a patchy dark red brown compacted and baked clay make up later, in order to come down onto next red make up layer. The layers in the hearth are very patchy and are probably due to hearth floor repairs over time during its use. The materials of repairs are varied and uncontinuous across the feature. 

 

Recognition: Colour/texture 

Definition: by feature's limits and boundaries, extent of layer within feature 

Execution: leaf trowel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: dark red brown 

Texture: red fill layer, firm baked and moist clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: nil 

Post-depositional Features: nil 

Basal Boundary: patched up hearth floor repairs dark orange red brown and more crumbly 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19019 below: (Click to view the record) 16492 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 6 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 77

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 336

Features:: (Click to view the record) 6064 (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 2010 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

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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