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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2004 |
| Feature Type: fire installation |
| Feature Subtype: hearth |
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| Location: Middle of space 237 |
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| Grid X: 1054.7 Grid Y: 1158.5 |
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This feature consists of one cut and one fill which connected with the use of it (10245 cut and 10242 charcoal on bottom and sides). The presence of two very different upper fills (10240 South and 10241 North) might indicate the following scenario:
The hearth (or oven) in its use was a cut in the ground with a semicircular cover in elevation in the area where the fill 10240 was present, this fill being the result of collapse of the upper structure. The content of the fill (burnt daub and stones) indicate this. Where fill 10241 was present might have been fireing chamber, possibly with no cover. The thicker balyer of charcoal and ash on the bottom might argue for that, as well as the burnt clay plastering on the sides, more present in that area. In this scenario, fill 10241 (clean clay) would be an intentional careful filling of the firing chamber.
Priority toutists' feedback on the feature:
-first they said 10240 is part of the construction and has no food remains in it.
- subsequently they identified some food remains that might indicate cooking activity but also some already digested bits ?!?
These things may still be athe result fo the oven in use (maybbe part of fill 10242) while 10240 is the upperstructure of the feature.
Mira: the fragments of daub seemed to her to be burnt all around, so she thought they might have been "heated stones" rather than collapsed upperstructure (when they would be burnt on just one side). She said she wasn't very sure though.
My view: The small fragments of daub (some of them) could have been part of the inner side of the cover, case in which they would be burnt all over. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 56 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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