Unit 32327

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: dark grey clay; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: an early horizon associated with a commensurately early use/construction of Hearth F7957 with elements of F7957 (30080 and 32343) sitting upon this context which itself was sealing the clay elements of the eastern wall of 7957 (32338). The presence of 30094 (possible remnants of early use horizons at the entrance to B131) suggests that there may have been repeated re-laying /repair of surfaces in this area or to the eastern edge iof F7957. Either way this repeated use/re-use had eroded the eastern edge of 32327.

A laminated deposit 32327 was seen to be the same as 32337 and excavated as a composite layer. There was no levelling or 'make-up' deposits associated with either this context.

Initially thought to lie over 32337 further investigastion of the stratigraphic relationships between 32337, 32327, 30080 and 32338 showed that 32337 and 32327 were in fact the same in terms of consistency, compaction and texture. Their relative stratigraphic positions also meant that they were both a part of an event of resurfacing/repair to the entrance area of B131. Therefore, it was possible to combine these units and excavate them as a composite layer without losing any interpretive information. 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: bark grey brown 

Texture: clay silt, 20:80 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional small flecks of charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: truncated to east ; probably through use, being protected from wear in west by being under F7957 and F7981 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic;Very Sharp;Abrupt;Smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:32338 32325 = 32326below:30080 32343equal to: (Click to view the record) 32337 

Total Deposit Volume: 8 

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 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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