Unit 20979

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Superstructure hearth 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: re-used superstructure; Deposition: homogeneous

 

Discussion: This unit was the make up for platform F.7117. This make up was cut (as well as the plaster in platform, u.20949) in order to make a hearth. In this it could also be seen as part of the hearth. It was part of the make up used also for firing activities; this was clearly seen when excavating the overlying hearth (F.3692), and underlying (F.7135). This make was fine, but hard to distinguish when it ended, because it was heavily affected, especially in its centre, by the fire. Its placing should perhaps be connected with the placement of the hearth as well. This is indicated by the construction of this make up. It was built in respect to F.7124 (another hearth closeby) which together made the base for the platform in this part (see feature discussion).

BT2017 -- Supertructure of hearth 

 

Consistency: Soft and friable with trowel 

Colour: Greyish but with orange, black and red spots 

Texture: Clayey silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Inclusions of underlying and overlying hearth usage; affected soil with fire, visible in ash lenses and redburnt spots 

Post-depositional Features: Roots 

Basal Boundary: Hard to distinguish, very gradual. Its borders had been affected by firing activites in the hearth. 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20995 below: (Click to view the record) 20965 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 7 

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 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 17

Features:: (Click to view the record) 3692 (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 2013 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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