Unit 5098

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Oven make-up 

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

Dimensions: 0.34m e-w x 0.61m n-s x 0.04m 

Discussion: 5098 was what appears to have been the remnants of oven F 539. It included a narrow strip of pale grey material (similar to the superstructure material of this oven) and a larger area of orange-nrown material that was scorched in places and contained many clay balls (similar to the make-up material of the oven). It was removed as a single unit. 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Brownish-grey in places, pale orange brown to the west/ south 

Texture: Silt 

Bedding: Compound layered 

Inclusions: Small flecks of charcoal, plaster, phytoliths and tiny pebbles-many clay balls 

Post-depositional Features: Salt encrustations 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, and distinct-lying in cut 5093 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5093, 5077 below: (Click to view the record) 5012 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 8 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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