Unit 3157

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: fire debris 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: oven; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 0.16 m E-W x 0.08 m N-S, max. 15 mm thick 

Discussion: Thought to be fire debris raked out from oven. This unit is thought to be same as (3147), ashy deposit within oven F.268. However, it only touched (3147) and is not actually continous. To be on the safe side a separate unit no. was given to this. It had to be 100% archive sampled as there was so little of it, the same with (3147). However the specialists should be able to take small quantities out of this to compare, it is very rich in burnt organics so results should be interesting.

It is also thought to be the same as unit (2820) which was excavated last year (1997) leaving a small running section going into the oven. (3157)'s relationship to both these other units is important as if it is the same as (3147) it implies that the fire debris is being raked out of the oven as it overlies lip (broken) of the area. If it is the same as (2820) it ties the whole oven sequence of fills in with the stratigraphy of the surrounding area. The rest of the fills seem to be truncated to the north (we think by Roddy as no cut feature appears near there) so the only other stratigraphic relationship is with the top fill (3154) and the fill of bin F.256. 

Recognition: Has been visible since I started this area but when (3147) was revealed it looked startling similar and although doesn't actually join up it does touch. Roddy's report mentions ashy deposit (2820) which was excavated except for a small running section going into the oven. It seems likely he is talking about this deposit. Surface: sloping down to N, smooth but probably trowelled lots of times. 

Definition: Overlies broken edge of oven floor and is an irregular shaped patch to N of centre of oven. 

Execution: Leaf. 100% archived. 

Condition: Dry, under cover. 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: 10 YR 4/2 dark greyish brown 

Texture: ash 80% silt 20% 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 50% charcoal frags mostly 10 x 5 mm but up to 15 x 15 mm, occasional 5% salt flecks 1 mm diameter, moderate 10% small lumps up to 10 mm of burnt plaster or silt yellow/orange 

Post-depositional Features: occasional salts, probabl been cleaned off lots of times by us as was exposed last year (1997) so slight chance of contamination of archive sample1 although I scimmed it with a leaf first 

Basal Boundary: sharp/anthropogenic/smooth/slopoing down to north 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2832, 3626, 3171 below: (Click to view the record) 3389 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3147, 3157, 2820, 2799 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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