Unit 8539

Category: layer    dug in 2002

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: base and rim 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: r ca. 80 cm 

Discussion: Rim of the oven comprised by this unit represents the rim pf the 2nd phase of the oven. It consisted of stuffed sandy clay, scorched in some parts, and the overlying floor layers (2 of them) which are in fact extensions of the regular kitchen floors in western half of (floors #12 and #13). After removing these floors, it became clear that the oven was sitting on floor #14, probably the last one in the kitchen.
Base of the oven consisted of sandy burnt clay, loose, of various colors (yellow, red, brown) with inclusions such as ash, charcoal, scorched clay, small stones, obsidian chips, fragments of bones, shells, etc. After removing the base, a shallow concave surface (but not a cut) was exposed.
Photos 20020702_JPQ_021-031 

Recognition: color 

Definition: not quite clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: red - 10 YR 5/6; black -10 R 3/5; brown - 10 R 4/1 

Texture: sandy burnt clay with inclusions 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: ash, charcoal, obsidian, bone, shell, soot, stones 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8507, 8504 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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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