Unit 20051

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Hearth superstructure 

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

Description: Layer is a friable earlier deposit of hearth superstructure, made of clay molding. It extends from the edge of the hearth to about 10 cm towards the center of the feature. 

Discussion: Unit was first recognized in the outer profiles of the hearth and appears to be another hearth superstructure molding layer. It does not extend into the center of the hearth and also appears to have been dug out by inhabitants in antiquity. It seens to have had a circular shape, judging by the slope break of the layer near the center of the feature. The various superstructures appear to indicate the hearth was remodeled many times as floors were constanty being repaired, reused, plastered over and then dug out and cleared in order to make room for new surfaces. 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: light gray 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: None 

Post-depositional Features: None 

Basal Boundary: Clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20052 below: (Click to view the record) 20050 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

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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