Unit 2398

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: FI wall 

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

Dimensions: 0.60 m E-W x 0.12 m thick to east and 2 mm thick to west + 0.16 m height 

Discussion: this is a later wall construction for F.I 82. Comprises a very thick and dense clayey material with frequent phytolith frags, these survive as phytolith frags in the more dense material at the back however at front closer to the heat source the wall material is less dense and the phytolith presence so visible only by the pores. The wall material is rubified (see below PTO) and strength a structure mirrors this change also. At the back the material has 'seeped' below the packing material thereby suggesting it was wet/damp when applied, this is also appeared in the form it takes is that it is sloped at a fairly sharp angle.
This has no known relationship with the outer rim recorded on 2043 but could probably have used the same alignment. However the eastern 1/2 was mistakenly excavated as 2043 

Execution: trowel & leaf 

Condition: hot & sunny 

Consistency: rigid at back and strong at front 

Colour: at back 10 YR 6/4 light yellowish brown and at front (is immediately behind 2397) 10 YR 3/3 dark brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 30% phytoliths >3 mm 

Post-depositional Features: root activity and natural salting 

Basal Boundary: clear, sharp, anthropogenic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2701, 2043, 2733 below: (Click to view the record) 2397 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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