Unit 1254
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: lower layer of FI
Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: oven; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 94 x 88 x 25 cm.
Discussion: Infill of phase I fire installation includes fairly unabraded , angular pieces/fragments ( only small sample pieces kept) of fire installation wall and/or ceiling, especially near the edges of the deposit; strongly suggests part of earlier oven/ FI11 knocked in to floor with other material & levelled off to make up the surface of the later phase II fire installation . Fairly thick, homogeneous deposit.
Execution: Hand pick, trowel.
Condition: Dry
Consistency: Weak- slightly firm.
Colour: 7.5YR 5/4 Brown
Texture: Sandy silt
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Charred plant remains 5% up to 4 cm; burnt mud brick fragments up to 6cm 5%; mortar fragment 2% up to 4 cm; upper wall/ ceiling fragments of F.I.11 up t o 6 cm, 2%.
Post-depositional Features: Rootlets 2%.
Basal Boundary: Prominent, smooth, flat, knife edge / very sharp <1mm.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 60
Total Deposit Volume: 106
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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Finds Room Information:
All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.
X Finds Material: nothing recorded
Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded
Lab Team Data
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1
Unit description: Only material recorded is a bird bone from the sample 1 >2mm flotation.Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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