Unit 1744

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: oven fills 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: oven

Dimensions: Max N-S 1.24 m max W-E 0.55 m 

Discussion: Digging the grey ashy layer of unit 1740, revealed a thin yellowish soil which was dug separately in unit 1744 as stratum #15. Removing #14, a hard floor (3rd) was uncovered. The floor is made of lime, gravel and sand. 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: sunny and windy 

Consistency: Weak 

Colour: 10 YR 5/4 yellowish brown 

Texture: Sandy loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal 1-2%, bone-, sherds-, shell-, small stones 1-2% 

Post-depositional Features: Sealed by oven floor 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, anthropogenic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 1740 equal to: (Click to view the record) #15, 1740 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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