Place: Ar/Ge.T46.11

Fill layer located along the W side of W1 (locus 3). It covers the third course of W1 and covers the E side of W2 (locus 15). It is made of medium brown-greyish soil of ashy consistency. It was first hypothesised to be a floor. Several andiron fragments typical of the EBI at the site were recovered from this layer. However, organic materials are totally absent from this locus and no materials in situ were identified. The thickness of the deposit and its position between W1 and W2, which are laid directly on bedrock, suggest a reinforcing layer rather than a floor level, especially since no domestic area has been detected by means of architecture or artefact distributions in connection to W1 and W2. Faunal remains from this layer are rather sizeable and abundant, thus also suggesting the presence of a discard area.