Unit 8009

Category: layer    dug in 2003

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Oven fill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: oven; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Discussion: Note: an animal burrow was removed from above this deposit - there may be some contamination from this.

First layer of dark coloured floor type deposit from oven feature 111. Somewhat mixed in appearance - actual areas of compacted surface are very small and cracked. There is much more of the looser gravelly material. 

 

Recognition: Layer of hearth fill previously excavated by Greek team. 

Definition: Clear identifiaction by hard surface, possibly one level of oven floor ? 

Execution: Trowel in plan 

Condition: Very dry 

Consistency: Hard, compact 

Colour: Very dary grey 

Texture: Silty but with grit as well 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Rounded gritty elements 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: Clear change in colour and surface texture from loose to compacted. 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8010 below: (Click to view the record) 8008 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 4 

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 

Related Photos: 6 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 44

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 120

Features:: (Click to view the record) 111 (fire installation)

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2003 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 9

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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