Unit 22638

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: ash layer,fuel deposit 

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

Discussion: This unit is within a small sideroom of NE corner. It was recognized as a separate unit due to its dark grey/black ash color and texture. We believe it was either something within the room that was burnt, or a fuel deposit for the fire. There is a raised threshold partition which separated this unit from the rest of the building and it is on top of a wheat cluster. It was excavated using trowels. About halfway through excavation of the unit, archaeobotanical specialists were called to lift the concentrated deposits of new type wheat piled against the north wall (u. 22656). The unit was prioritized because of the concentration of organic material. It lies directly on top of a layer of in situ wheat grains (u. 22656) which were piled on the floor at the time of burning. Because of the heat needed to incinerate the walls & room fill to the degree we remarked-- in contrast to the low heat needed to preserve the wheat below, this layer may have functioned to insulate the grains below.

Note: no S6 (was changed to 22656.S1) 

Consistency: very loose like ash 

Colour: grey mixed with some orange 

Texture: ash 

Bedding: massive though material contains a great deal of botanical material mixed in 

Inclusions: charcoal, faunal bones, wheat 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, fire 

Basal Boundary: plaster of floor of sp. 556 and walls, plus pure seed deposit u. 22656 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22656 below: (Click to view the record) 22635 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 65 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9

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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