Unit 3384

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: occupation deposit,oven structure 

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

Dimensions: 0.40 m E-W x 0.20-0.30 m N-S x 0.01 m depth 

Discussion: Unit (3384) is a layer in oven F.252, partially recognisable by a smaltering of clayball fragments. This layer is possibly part of the oven, though it could alternatively be an occupational deposit in the same way that (3381) might be. The presence of so many clayball fragments might indicate that this deposit occured during the lifetime of the oven, if we accept one possible hypothesis that clay balls were used as warmers for food/water etc. 

Recognition: Visible layer above a possible oven floor, visible after removal of (3381), + lots of clayball. 

Definition: Clear N-S, diffuse towards E edge of oven. 

Execution: Trowel. 

Condition: Dry. 

Consistency: soft and fairly loose 

Colour: 10 YR 4/4 dark yellowish brown 

Texture: silty + ashy 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: clayball 10%, charcoal + ash 5% 

Post-depositional Features: n/a 

Basal Boundary: abrupt/distinct, though more diffuse to SE slightly uneven and pitted in parts, mainly due to clayball fragments 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3622 below: (Click to view the record) 3381 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 24 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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