Unit 20050

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Eroded remnant hearth surface 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: baked; Deposition: multiple

Description: Layer is a very degraded, loose burnt sandy clay deposit of hearth surfaces, located below friable surface u.20048 and loose burned floor levels u. 20046 in the center of the hearth. 

Discussion: Layer was partially identified during excavation of u.20046 while attempting to chase u.20048 the entire length of the hearth. It appears as though u.20046 and u.20048 both cover u.20050, even though u.20050 is only below u.20048 near the edges of the hearth. This may be because u.20048 was dug out in antiquity in the middle and then more floors were laid over the area. This layer appears to be a mixture of burned material and heavily eroded laminated hearth surfaces. Ths mixed and loose nature of this material may reflect extensive activity such as digging out and remodeling of the hearth. 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: Orangey-brown 

Texture: Sandy Clay 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: charcoal, ash 

Post-depositional Features: None 

Basal Boundary: Clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20051 below: (Click to view the record) 20048, 20046 

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 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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