Unit 30246

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

 

Area: TPC 

 

Related Photo (Click to view larger version in new window)
  

Interpretive Categories: destruction deposit,occupation layer 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

 

Discussion: This unit probably represents the deposited material left as part of the occupational history of this space/building.* It is heavily burnt, as are the walls f.3948 and f.3984, which leads us to believe this deposit may have been left before the occupants had a chance to clean it when it was burnt and abandoned. The basal boundary is a rather poorly preserved plaster floor (u. 30273), which is difficult to identify because 1) the fire damaged it and 2) the collapsing walls damaged it. The main thing we noticed, at least from the beginning, about this unit is the amount of ash and charcoal it contained. There is especially noticeable a layer of thin charcoal-ash immediately above the remains of the plastered floor, which may represent either matting on the floor or roof material as part of the collapse, as alternatively:

*this may represent the first layer of destruction material associated with the building's destruction and abandonment. The number of complete vessels found in this layer suggest the destruction was actually quite sudden, or even intentional, in which case the difference between an occupation layer and a destruction deposit is quite blurred. 

 

Consistency: loose - except in SE corner where quite compact 

Colour: dark brown to black, some orange clay-y patches 

Texture: sandy clay loam and ash 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, crushing by wall collapse, burning 

Basal Boundary: clear in some places-- plaster floor reached-- in others, floor not preserved; boundary unclear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30247, 30276 below: (Click to view the record) 30219 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 4510 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 14

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): 0 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 17 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 120

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 509

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 2013 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 58

Figurine Records: No

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

<< BackDownload this Units Data