Unit 21890

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Oven Base+Make-up 

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

Discussion: This unit is related the oven which is F.8036 and located SE corner of B.17. We used the same unit number for the base and the make-up.
BASE:
This unit was recognized by colour, consistency and texture. The origin of the unit was base of oven which is related F.8036. The unit may represent fire activity surface. This base was 0.02 cm thick and eroded on west part of oven F.8036. It was burned, cracked and mid grey. This base shows the second phase of the feature. The orientation of deposit is NS. After taking out this base, the oven make-up identified clearly.
MAKE-UP:
This unit was recognized by colour and texture. The origin of the unit was make-up of oven which is related repair process F.8036. This unit may represent fire activity and repair phases of fire installations of B.17. The orientation of deposit is NS.
This unit was excavated by trowel. 

Consistency: Base: compact--Make-up: soft 

Colour: Base: mid grey--Make-up: orangish brown and dark grey 

Texture: Base: silty clay--Make-up: silty clay 

Bedding: Base: layered--Make-up: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal and base fragments 

Post-depositional Features: cracks 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Total Deposit Volume: 39 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

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