Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Feature
Context rating	Tertiary
General remarks	Ash layer underneath a cap created by mudbrick collapse, probably from wall 3083
Strat below	3088, 3089
Strat abuts	3096
Strat equals	3085
Strat remarks	slightly mixed with 3088 and 3089
Top depth center	597.84
Bottom depth center	597.53
Dimension length	4.65
Dimension width	2.75
Start date	2002-08-11
End date	2002-08-12
Color	10 YR 4/1 Dark Grey, 10 YR 5/3 Brown
Texture	mixed hard packed mudbrick with soft ashy silt
Composition	silt, ash, mudbrick
Description remarks	ash layer with mudbrick cap
Tentative Date	Early Iron Age
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.