Unit 4759

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: hearth fill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 0.52 m (E-W), 0.38m (N-S), 0.03m deep 

Discussion: (4759) was a small irregular deposit which overlay an oven (F524). Its was mostly made up of mixed, clayey materýal but it included an ashy layer at the base to the west. It contained a sheep/goat scapula and a chunk of obsidian but little else of note. It appears to have been the product of some sort of dumping activity rather than a carefully placed assemblege. It could represent the latest use of the oven or a dump of material that was used to infill it at a later date. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: dark brownish grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 20% charcoal, 5% plaster, 5% clay lumps, 2% bone, 2% ash, <2% coprolite 

Post-depositional Features: none obvious 

Basal Boundary: smooth regular and distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4760 below:backfillequal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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