Unit 3790

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: ash dump 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

Dimensions: 60/50/6 cm 

Discussion: Towards the N end of layer (3773) there were small pockets of ash (dark grey) which appeared to be in the same layer. Some of (3773) had already been removed over it, but it seemed to occur within this layer and was fairly distinct from the underlying patchy layer. An animal hole just to the W of this unit may explain some of the loose material in this area. A lighter grey ash which initially appeared to be within this unit, now appears to be in the patchy layer below.
In the section this ashy layer looks a lot more distinct from (3773) than it did in plan. 

Recognition: Ashy lenses concentrated in layer same as (3773). 

Definition: N - midden section; E - fades off/abutts 3740?; S - abutts (3773) and W - midden section. 

Execution: Trowel. 

Condition: Dry. 

Consistency: fairly friable 

Colour: general colour 10 YR 5/1-5/2 gray - gray brown, patches of ash 10 YR 6/2 light brownish gray 

Texture: silty and ashy with clayey patches 

Bedding: very thin lenses of ash 

Inclusions: charcoal large and small flecks, <10% (?) obsidian small pieces, clay ball, pottery 1 or 2, bone <2%, a lot of ash 

Post-depositional Features: animal hole nearby 

Basal Boundary: fairly distinct but shares characteristics with 3773, and underlying layers, wavy 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3984 below: (Click to view the record) 3740 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3773 

Dry sieve volume: 60 

Total Deposit Volume: 90 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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