Unit 21282

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: plaster floor fire installation 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: plaster

Discussion: U21282: this unit represent earliest plaster base fire installation (level 1 phase II). It is located in the southern activities area below the dirty floor U21222. This fire installation might be an oven. The oven takes rectangular shape with rounded corners. It is almost completely leveled by the higher level. Only parts of the base of the south ridge is preserved. It shows that are built by the Pise-like with a width of 0.05 m. The ridges are burned by the effect of the fire. Remnants of charcoal on the floor of the oven have been distinguished.

Note: this unit was exposed in 2017 but has not been excavated. 

Consistency: firm/ compact 

Colour: mid grey/black 

Texture: plaster 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: sharp, constructional, smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 21222 

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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