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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2000 |
| Feature Type: clay ball concentration |
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| Location: center of space 158 next to F 646 |
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| Grid X: 1053.72 Grid Y: 1186.97 |
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This feature was first recognized in unit 6696 when the packing was removed. Our first indication was that it was a basin because the white plaster under the packing was rounded scooped. Mira thought it could have been a storage basin. Later, however units 8104 and 6695 exposed a series of floors that seemed related to this white plaster. Thus, our interpretation changed to calling this a floor. We began chunking it out and discovered instead that the clay balls we had seen in the profile continued all the way across the underside of the white plaster. I exposed these balls across the entire unit. They are extremely fragile (don't seem to be fired at all) and break easily. The matrix is very crumbly and dry. The balls seem to be about 3 -ball layers deep, stood on top of one another.
This clay ball concentration was resting on a white plaster surface which rested on top of the south side of the oven F. 646. The bottom shows evidence of burning/ash perhaps due to its proximity to the oven (see unit #8194). |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 646 |
| cut by: (Click to view the record) 601 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 5 (Click here to view unit list) |
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