Unit 3916

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: occupation debris above walls 

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

Dimensions: 1.10 E-W x 0.90 N-S x 0.01 

Discussion: (3916) represents several skims of ashy material, organic residue and blocky clay which overlay what appeared to be a continous floor (3922). The majority of the unit consisted of a fine skim of orange organic material beneath ash. To the W this lay above a charcoal rich, ashy layer to the S, a lense of blocky clay material to the N and an area with a higher concentration of plaster 'patches' (see sketch plan). Each of those seem to have been the product of some sort of occupation activities that took place before the overlying plaster rim F.289 was put in place. These may be related to what was going on in the nearby ovens (F.269?) and could be food related because of the high organic content of them?? 

Recognition: An ashy organic layer directly beneath (3912) at its E end and extending westwards from here. To the W it was removed with other skims of material. 

Definition: Defined by material difference and salt encrustation in places. 

Execution: Leaf trowel. 

Condition: Dry. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: ashy material 2.5 Y 6/2 light brownish grey; organic material 10 YR 6/8 brownish yellow 

Texture: ashy silt loam/pure organic residue 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: 8% charcoal, 2% phytoliths, occasional hackberries, 5% plaster, 20% organic residue, occasional tiny pebbles/shell flecks, lenses of blocky clay (N) + ashier material next to the W baulk 

Post-depositional Features: heavily salt encrusted 

Basal Boundary: for most of its extent the basal boundary was clear/distinct/anthropogenic; the surface beneath was smooth + level sloping down from N to S (especially to the W) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3922, 3928, 3974, 3940 below: (Click to view the record) 3921, 3924 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3923, part of 3973 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 9 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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