Unit 21212

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: charcoal lens in association w/ clay ball cluster 

Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: Unit 21212 was first identified by the border of burned clay which surrounded the thin/ slightly delicate lens of charcoal. As the lens was excavated further it became clear that this deposit was most likely burned in situ (given the copious amounts of burned clay both directly underneath the lens and along its periphery) and in combination with its undefined shape and relatively shallow basal boundary it seemed this "fire spot" was created ad hoc, indicating it was most likely only used once. This single use activity scenario is the perfect context for bayesian statistical dating so the unit was extracted as a charcoal sample and given to Alex Bayless for her statistical dating program. 

Consistency: soft- ashy fill with a silty loam matrix 

Colour: black mottled with white/ reddish brown- black ashy fill mottled with fine white plaster and a border of reddish brown clay along the stain's periphery 

Texture: silty loam/ clay- ashy fill is predominately charcoal with a silty loam matrix but the strat its laying on top of pure clay 

Bedding: massive- even mixing of charcoal and plaster 

Inclusions: plaster 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary- created by laying material on top of dirty floor and burning in situ 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20543 below: (Click to view the record) 20524 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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