Unit 12831

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: ash burnt deposit 

 

Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: up to 30mm thick 

 

Discussion: burnt ash deposit, prioritised because it seems to be deposited or represents an activity that happens prior to the construction of Oven F.2076, Hearth F.2075 and platforms F.2077 and F.2055. However the deposit ıs later than the construction of the bench and central east platform respectively F.2056 and F.2057. Basıcally the deposıt ıs associated wıth a definıte burnıng episode/s that occur ın the prımary construction phase of buildıng 56.


Dimensions roughly calculated. EGW 23 July 2009 

 

Recognition: colour, consistencey 

Definition: good 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: light grey to dark grey 

Texture: ashy silt 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: pot, bone, charcoal, stone, obsidian, shell 

Post-depositional Features: roots, trample 

Basal Boundary: clear, distinct 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12872, 12873 below: (Click to view the record) 12861, 13317, 13327, 13324, 12847, 12857, 12859, 12858, 12860, 13330, 13339, 13333 equal to: (Click to view the record) 12865 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 81 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 12 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 56

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 121

Features:: none

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2006 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 146

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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