| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Tentative Date | Late Chalcolithic |
| Designator | Floor/Surface |
| General remarks | This is the large black ashy layer which ended up encompassing almost the entire trench. It was first found underneath the locus L1034, and it was seen in section that it appeared to continue underneath. The black ashy layer may come from its proximity to the oven L1045, which was unfortunately only partially complete it appears. Another possibility is that this ashy layer is a destruction layer of a fire or some other occurrence. Although it is difficult to interpret this black layer, the presence of a pot smash directly on top of it leads us to call it a surface, as it appears to have been used as a surface for at least some period of time. |
| Strat below | 1034, 1032, 1036, 1035, 1031, 1040, 1041, 1044 |
| Strat above | 1048, 1049 |
| Strat abuts | 1038, 1039 |
| Top depth north-west | 568.16 |
| Top depth north-east | 568.16 |
| Bottom depth north-west | 568.16 |
| Bottom depth north-east | 568.1 |
| Bottom depth west | 568.17 |
| Bottom depth center | 568.1 |
| Bottom depth south-west | 568.15 |
| Bottom depth south | 568.16 |
| Bottom depth south-east | 568.12 |
| Dimension length | 4.18 |
| Dimension width | 3.36 |
| Start date | 2001-08-03 |
| End date | 2001-08-15 |
| Color | 10 YR 3/2 very dark grayish brown |
| Texture | fine fine silt, .0004 mm to .04 mm |
| Composition | ashy soil very rich and fine |
| Has note | Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci. |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Material | very ashy dirt (10 yr 3/2 dark grayish brown) |
| Stone brick size | N/A |
| Foundation trench | nil |
| Associated surfaces | nil |
| Associated features | oven 1045 may have caused some of the ash |
| Surface construction | ash |
| Subfloor fill | N/A |
| Associated walls | N/A |
| Remarks | potsmash on the surface of this black ashy layer of doom led us to believe that it was a surface |
Suggested Citation
Chris Moon, Bradley J. Parker. (2012) "Locus 1037 from Asia/Turkey/Kenan Tepe/Area F/Trench 1". In Kenan Tepe. Bradley Parker, Peter Cobb (Ed). Released: 2012-02-27. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8b356ecb-f014-435e-2748-1e7bccbbfebe> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k20r9rn9k
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