Unit 30087

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: make-up layer 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: raised area (platform); Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation); Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: A rectangular depsoit that appears to have been deposited primarily to supply a containing layer fo r the hearth F.7957. Sealing earlier deposits (30093, 30080, 32327) that were related to an earlier hearth there was no indication as to why this deposit was laid against the east edge of Platform F.7951. the location was dictated by the presence of the earlier herth but why was it necessary to create a raised area associated with the hearth? An earlier deposit 32338, a fragment of an the early east wall of the earlier hearth, and the scorching of plaster surface 32389, show that the early hearth sat directly upon this early surface (32389).

So, why was the surface raised but only in the west of the raised area? As an activity platform for later hearths? Had Platform F.7951 fallen out of use (a later later 30055 sealed structrual elements of the Platform as well as constituting part of later use hearth structure) and 30087 related to an element of B.131 that did not survive?

30087 = a raised area associated with Hearth F.7957 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: dark black brown 

Texture: snade clay silt. 10:15:75 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: moderate small medium sixed flecks of charcoal. Occasional small fragments of charcoal 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic. Abrupt. Distinct. Smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:30093 32343below:30094 32302 30088

Dry sieve volume: 3 

Total Deposit Volume: 34 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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