Unit 3989

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: oven floor 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: baked; Deposition: single

Dimensions: 0.63m north-south x 0.60m east-west x 0.03m thick 

Discussion: Extremely hard, burnt and blackened clay floor of oven F269. Probably originally a continuous, smooth clay surface, but heavily cracked by heat intensity, though remaining very secure. Required a hand pick to dislodge the clay as it had effectively been fired by the heat intensity. Appears to have been the lowest oven floor used in F269, though deposits continued for 10 - 12cm below this within the structure and appeared to have been make-up materials to raise the floor above the base of the feature. 

Recognition: Clear, burnt, blackened, hardened clay layer 

Definition: Clear floor layer within oven feature 

Execution: Trowel and hand pick 

Condition: Fire-cracked but generally good 

Consistency: Strong, compact 

Colour: Black 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: None apparent 

Post-depositional Features: Possible occasional root and insect holes 

Basal Boundary: Smooth, clear, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3998 below: (Click to view the record) 3946 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 11 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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