Unit 20617

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: 1st course of makeup,floor 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: oven; Material: mortar; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: It was a very poorly preserved layer above U.19598. Previous excavators noticed in 2012 that the burnt layer was destroyed by wheelbarrows and walking people. For this same reason this layer was destroyed too. It was preserved only in nothern part and southern part of oven.
It was probably the higest layer of the oven but unfortunately everything above was destroyed so I can't say that it was really. However above this layer in the section there are visible a few layers of makeup and burnt layers but only above the center.
The layer was on this same level with the top part of the wall. This is why I wrote about alternatively interpretation. They could have used this layer of makeup like a floor or a base for a new oven or hearth (which is visible in section). 

Consistency: soft/friable 

Colour: beige 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: basal boundary was clearly visible by burnt layer of clay below 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19598 below: (Click to view the record) 20481 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 4 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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