Unit 2076

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: FI fill,FI packing 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: oven; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 0.20 m thick x 0.10 m E-W x 0.15 m N-S 

Discussion: ashy fill behind late oven lining 2398. A concentration of fire cracked stone was found to the south cast, rib bones appeared to line the edge of the fire installation .. it's not clear whether the location of these finds was deliberate or not. The ash appears to be a massive deposit is not built up in-situ a what appears to have happened is that the late lining was constructed on a slight slope, the place between the two walls was filled by 2076 which is likely derived from the oven activity.
this deposit was only partially dug in half section disturbed by animal hole contamination likely
NB/1 having reconsidered, the ash fill must pre-date the lining as there'd be no opening at the top to infill the gap the slope of the back of the later lining.. have been pushed against the soft ash fill 

Execution: trowel & leaf 

Condition: hot & bright 

Consistency: moderately weak 

Colour: 10 YR 4/1 - 4/2, dark grey to dark greyish brown 

Texture: fine ash a silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal <1mm - >5mm 5%, brick aggregrate <1cm 2%, plaster aggregate <1cm 2%, burnt brick aggregate >5mm 1%, 3%fine lenses orangy organic?, >2mm 1% phytoliths, 1% root voids 

Post-depositional Features: 10% <1mm - >1cm natural salts; 10% root action; 1% animal 

Basal Boundary: constructional / levelled, very sharp distinction; prominent contrast on a smooth surface place, flat with smooth interface 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2727 below: (Click to view the record) 2398 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2700, 2701, 2748 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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  

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