Unit 32793

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: occupational sediment 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: mix (dark grey&white); Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: The layer U.32793 had been revealed below the deposit of grouped dirty floors U.32782 within SE part of the SP.531. The distinguishing of the layer 32793 based on the noticeable higher density of the fragments of the charred wood than it had been recognized before in the area. In addition, the closer examination of the layer U.32793 brought insightful detection which referred to the stratigraphical position of the layer which apparently laid directly on the leveling deposit U.32761. The latter was set in order to remodel the room and prepared it for further dwelling. As such the recorded horizon might be regarded as the primary sediment within the dirty (cooking) area which was accumulated during the remodeling phase. The charcoals most plausibly might be related with a sequence of use of two fire installations (Earlier - U.32796/F.8339, and later-U.32790/F.8338) whose enigmatic remnants imply an interim / ad hoc nature. Probably both of the mentioned features were accomplished as a makeshift in order to provide cooking activities for the people engaged in the process of remodeling of the space. The described circumstances caused that the seemingly homogeneous layer 32793 was represented in fact by several layers of ash and charcoals that were immersed into few layers of trampled clay surfaces. Furthermore, the respective laminations characterized varied density of the burnt organic material.
The excavation of the floors had been conducted by the use of the GRID. The main axis of the Grid was established along Southern wall (F.3679) of the building, whose EW alignment positioned the further division of the room.
The sampling process relayed on collecting two samples from each of 1m x 1m square. One of the sample was taken specifically for Phytolith analyzes and it was recorded with ODD digit number: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. The rest part of the explored sediment within squared meter had been taken as flotation sample, enumerated conventionally by EVEN digit number: 2, 4, 8, 10. In addition S.11 had been collected as an archive sample, and S.12 represents the lowermost sediments collected from allover the described area. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid-grey browish 

Texture: silty-ash, clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: charcoals - 60% 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: distinct underlying leveling deposit U.32761 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32761 below: (Click to view the record) 32782 

Total Deposit Volume: 130 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 25

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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