Unit 4986

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: deposit of ashy waste 

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

Dimensions: 0.34m (E-W), 0.47m (N-S), 0.06m deep 

Discussion: 4986 was an ash and charcoal rich deposit which lay in a cut 4999 above a floor surface 5090 in the south east coner of building 23/ space 178. The charcoal/ ash rich deposit seems to relate to some sort of burning activity. It was also associated with a cluster of large bones including two scapulae. Similar deposits have been found in other buildings in the vicinity of ovens. Perhaps this represents the final use of these scapula to rake out ashy waste from the contemporary ovens, after which they were deposited beneath the subsequent floors? 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: pale ashy grey on its upper surface, darker greyish-brown beneath this 

Texture: ash on the upper surface, ashy clay-silt beneath this 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: 20% charcoal, 10% plaster flecks, 10% clay, <2% obsidian flecks and coprolite 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: sharp and distinct to the west, less clear to the east, lying within cut 4999 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5090 below: (Click to view the record) 4978, 4980, 4991 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): X 

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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