Unit 31311

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: oven fill 

Data Category Information: Location: building

Description: post Chalcolithic 

Discussion: This unit was identified as the oven fill of F.7159, an oven or fire installation. The oven post dates the Chalcolithic, and has been suggested to be Hellenistic. It iwas built against a Neolithic wall. The soil in this pit should be noted as it had a huge variety of colours, and was very, very loose. The other aspect to note is the large amount of pottery recovered, located mainly in the centre of the unit. Both the shape and contents (predominantly pottery) are somewhat unusual for TPC, where another oven was found but its assemblage consisted predominantly of bone. In addition, a large clay object (slightly rounded) was also found in the centre of the pit. 

Consistency: loose (VERY loose) 

Colour: light brown grey, dark brown grey, dark brown, pale yellow, very light pink, reddish orange 

Texture: different levels of clay, silt, sand found - but relatively malleable when wet 

Bedding: compound layered - several patchy layers with many colours 

Inclusions: plant remains - phytoliths, aggregates - burnt clay between small and medium 

Post-depositional Features: rodent disturbances 

Basal Boundary: concave, against firm sediment 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 31333, 31334 

Dry sieve volume: 164 

Total Deposit Volume: 224 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): 0 

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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