Unit 30093

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: repair to hearth wall 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: hearth; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: A fragment of baked clay orientated N-S. 30093 was characterized as being 'pinched' upwards to create a rounded triangular profile, though there were no impressions indicative of finger pressure this is an accurate conceptualization. 30093 extends 32338. A relationship that was only determined whilst attempting to determine the nature of the stratigraphy of the deposits forming the NE corner of hearth F7957.

Previously, 30093 and 32338 were thought to be the same context. This contiguity confused and was preventing the clarification of the stratigraphic relationships between: 30080 30093 30095 32327. However, examining 30093 and further excavation of its physical relationships showed that it was an extension of an earlier deposit that returns eastwards to become a part of the limit of the sunken area XXXX. Particularly significant was the revelation that 30093 overlay 30080, meaning that 30080 was a very early deposit associated with the initial use of Hearth F7957, as represented by 32338, which 30093 extended 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: light yellow brown 

Texture: silt clay. 30:70 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: anthropogenic. Abrupt. Distinct. Smooth. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30080 below:30094 32338

Total Deposit Volume: 1 

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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