A burnt layer or burned layer in

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

is a stratum of earth that was formed primarily by the burning of objects or buildings. The extent of the

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is irrelevant. It can be the remains of a

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as well as the remains of a burned down

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. Burnt layers are recorded in event stratigraphy, a sub-area of stratigraphy.''Event stratigraphy''
at quaternary.stratigraphy.org. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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