This layer, starting underneath Locus:7686:103 , is distinguished from the above locus and the neighbouring Locus:7686:110 and the nearby Locus:7686:105 by the large quantity of charcoal on the surface in a nearly continuous layer. The charcoal was concentrated in specific places between burnt and unburnt bricks and stone. Aside of the charcoal and the intermittent bricks and stones, the soil was primarily loose and soft with a predominant brown colour.
Six samples of the charcoal were taken by paleobotanists, one more large piece was taken as a sample by the excavators and two buckets of soil were also kept for flotation. Results of the botanical analysis of the charcoal samples 1-6 indicate that the samples came from five different species: oak, pine, almond, pear and a wood of the rose family. Oak and pine are consistent with an architectural function, while the others would be smaller wood, indicating that Locus:7686:109 may be a mixture of multiple deposits of different origin, or that wood used for multiple purposes in the same context was preserved in the deposit.
