Unit 4769

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: oven make up 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: pise-like; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.83m (E-W), 0.55m (N-S), 0.12m deep 

Discussion: (4769) was the foundation layer of the oven (F524) and fýlled the cut that was made for this oven. Although its texture varied across its extent, it was an unusually homogeneous deposit. A fine vertical layer of charcoal separated the western end of the deposit from the rest of its extent and is probably the result of ash from the oven falling into a crack in the oven make-up. This could be a product of post depositional factors, or otherwise could mark where the main body of the oven to the east ended and an uncovered area around its opening to the west began. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid brownish-grey (slightly yellower to the north) 

Texture: mostly sandy clayey silt-loam but more clayey to the south east and sandier to the north west 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 10% clay, 5% charcoal, 5% plaster, 5% ash, <2% shell, obsidian, red paint flecks and tiny pebbles 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation and cracking 

Basal Boundary: sharp, smooth and distinct, sloping predominantly from west to east and on all sides towards the centre of the oven 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4771 below: (Click to view the record) 4768 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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