Unit 7948

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: oven fill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: oven; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 56 x 70 

Description: full-on sampling 

Discussion: Unit 7943 was directly above this unit, left at a higher level so that the dimensions of the oven for later clarification. This unit was the remaining fill above the oven. Below the unit was a thick and continuous layer of burning, coloured black and orange. Upon excavation, it became clear that the unit was surrounded on all sides by the remaining walls of the oven, forming a square shape. 

Recognition: charcoal rich fill within oven walls 

Definition: remaining fill above oven 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: cool, shadey and slightly breezy 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: light to dark brown 

Texture: clayish silt 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: bone and charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: cultural 

Basal Boundary: oven surface 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7951 below: (Click to view the record) 7943 

Dry sieve volume: 10 

Total Deposit Volume: 14 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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