Unit 30016

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Base of oven 

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

Discussion: Severely bioturbated by rodent burrowing, to the point that very little of the original layer is preserved. No signs of rubefaction, but the upper contact of this unit with the oldest baked floor is marked by the abundance of disaggregated calcitic ashes and phytoliths. Rather sandy and with common gypsum nodules.
The wall mudbrick and mortar were excavated to allow for the deposition of this basal layer, which extends only towards the opening of the oven. It appears that the wall was further excavated at a higher level, after the deposition of the base, to prepare and lay the oven floors. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Medium brown 

Texture: Sandy clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Well-sorted fine sands 

Post-depositional Features: Severely bioturbated by burrowing; mild gypsum reprecipitation 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, prominent, smooth, constructional 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:NFEbelow: (Click to view the record) 30014 equal to: (Click to view the record) 21300 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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