Unit 17003
Category: Layer dug in 2008
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: oven floor
Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: oven; Material: baked; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)
Dimensions: E-W 0.84m, N-S 0.96m, thickness 25mm
Discussion: oven floor, sealed by some collapse at southern end. Sloped gently from north to south, badly worn, presumably by rake-out at northern end. Central area has orange/yellow patch, possbily representing different (higher?) temperature. Matrix of floor includes a lot of charred organics, presumably as a temper.
Recognition: texture, compactness, level surface within oven
Definition: very clearly defined by structure
Execution: trowel
Condition: dry
Consistency: cemented, compact
Colour: mostly mid-dark grey brown. Centre of oven has a large bright yellow/orange patch
Texture: ash rich sandy silt
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: moderately charcoal flecks, very frequent charred organic remains
Post-depositional Features: burning
Basal Boundary: clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 14
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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