Unit 3942

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: fire debris 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 0.7 m N/S x 0.3 m E/W x 0.04 m thick 

Discussion: Fire debris layer. 

Recognition: Seen as mid grey ashy layer with frequent charcoal beneath (3941) and (3940). Two layers beneath taken off with this unit, lack of time. 

Definition: Abutts platform in SW, cut by (3932) in W. 

Execution: Leaf. 

Condition: Evening, no time. 

Consistency: moderately compact 

Colour: a) 10 YR 4/2 dark greyish brown; b) 10 YR 5/3 brown; c) 10 YR 6/3 pale brown 

Texture: a) ash 20% silt 60% clay 20%; b) 40% clay 20% silt; c) 50% ash 50% silt 

Bedding: compound, 3 layers, discontinous, roughly parallel 

Inclusions: a) frequent charcoal flecks and frags. up to 10 mm, freq. salts, mod. phytoliths; b) freq. phytoliths + salts, occ. charcoal; c) freq. orange lenses and small lumps, freq. phytoliths, occ. charcoal flecks, freq. small salts 

Post-depositional Features: salts, cut by (3932) to W 

Basal Boundary: clear/sloping to E/anthropogenic/phytoliths on base 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3981 below: (Click to view the record) 3941 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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