Unit 20488

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Burned Dump 

 

Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: homogeneous

 

Description: Initially interpreted as a continuation of the fire installation that was just to the east in 2002 (U.6217 and 6234). Now thought to be associated with post burning/removal. 

 

Discussion: This is a burned concentration (fire spot) that was located in the approximately approprate location of the redeposited fire installation (unit 6217 and 6234) that was identified in the 2002 excavation of Space 87. The fill was characterized by blackened, burned soil made up of clay, silt, sand, with concentrations of ashy, charcoal, burned brick, rock and plaster and the interesting placement of two horn cores, one still attatched to a partial skull (probably auroch), at the center of the activity area. X-1 was particularly well-preserved. Unlike the fire installation in the east (from 2002), this unit had no clear boundaries and was not demarcated by architectural features (brick, plaster etc). It is distinct from 20404 infill by the degree of the burning. In hindsight, this unit may most likely have been a phenomenon of post removal/burning. We identified a post scar on the south wall only after this unit was excavated, but the two correspond spatially… 

 

Recognition: Color, composition, consistency 

Definition: Burned concentration (soil and material) under u.20404 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Damp 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: Grey Brown 

Texture: Sandy Clay 

Bedding: Layered ashy clay, slopes from north ot east and from north to south 

Inclusions: Faunal bones, charcoal, phytolith, ash, brick 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: Gradual, irregular, anthropocial boundary 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19570 below: (Click to view the record) 20404 equal to: (Click to view the record) 6217 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 30 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds 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: 8 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 114

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 87

Features:: none

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 2012 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 4

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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