Unit 30048

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Fill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: hearth; Deposition: homogeneous

Description: Eroded. Irregular shaped in plan. Slight concavity at Centre. 

Discussion: Within F.7957, Hearth, U30048 sealed ash (?) rich deposit 30049 and a very similar day silt 30051. Other than the light brown/ red colouration there were no other indications of exposure to heat and this may be the result of the conflagration that consumed B.131. Delimited by F7957 U 30048 has been classified as a fill. Very clear interfaces at 30049 and 30051 may indicate a significant gap in depositional episodes (hat allowed the surfaces of 30049 and 30051 to become consolidated. A tentative interpretation this would fit with the reuse of F7957 suggested by 30049 30050 and 30054. Lack of scorching suggests that 30048 is not a deposit resulting from use of F7957 as a heath. Was 30048 a tertiary deposit that accumulated after 7957 was abandoned? The regular nature of the deposit suggests not. If 30048 was the product of the use of F7957 then 7957 did not use fire. 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: light red brown 

Texture: sand clay silt 15 20 65 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: None 

Post-depositional Features: Fragmented along NE and W edges in antiquity. Walked on during 2016 season. 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic. Very sharp. Slight colour difference But 30048 'peeled' off of lower deposit 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30049 below: (Click to view the record) 22635 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples 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 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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