Unit 7248

Category: Layer    dug in 2001

Area: Trench I 

Interpretive Categories: burnt ash lens, part of pit fill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1.5m x 1.3m x 0.05-0.1m (deeper in centre) 

Description: burnt ash lens, part of pit fill 

Discussion: Incredibly light and intensively burnt layered ashy deposit - possible that each ash lens relates to a separate episode of burning activity - in which case there may be as many as twelve separate episodes of burning activity. This lens sits within pit (7218). 

Recognition: recognised as much darker and ashier than surrounding pit fill of our pit (7218) 

Definition: defined as an intense area of burning - associated with several episodes of bonfire/burning activities 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot dry sunny and no wind 

Consistency: very hard and solidified on surface but softer underneath 

Colour: variegated - owing to severe episodes of burning. Goes to blackish grey to bright orange to creamy white (impossible to Munsell all colours) 

Texture: fine ashy silt with occasional clayish lumps - heterogeneous 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: frequent flecks of charcoal (up to 5mm diameter). Moderate chunks of burnt clay or fired clat. Occasional sherds of pottery - only a few (4) pieces of tiles. Rare obsidian, 

Post-depositional Features: roots - few 

Basal Boundary: clear anthropogenic - comes to a hard compact surface - but this is not the surface (7244) since the deposit (7248) sits within the pit. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7247 below: (Click to view the record) 7241 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 97 

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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