Unit 16539

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: ash spread/fire spot 

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

Discussion: fire spot associated with deposit of fine reduced ash. The underlying deposits show signs of scorching suggesting burning in situ. This must have happened after the cut for oven F.2639 had been made as it sealed the edge of the cut back earlier oven F2650 

Recognition: colour 

Definition: good 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: dark grey 

Texture: silty ash 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: clear, distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16540 below: (Click to view the record) 16537, 16529 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 21 

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:

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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