| | Area: South | | | | Dug in Year: 1999 | | Feature Type: fire installation | | Feature Subtype: oven | | | | Location: south wall of building 6 | | | | Grid X: 932.2 Grid Y: 968.2 | | | A fire installation located at the south of space 163. Appears to be in Mellaarts final plans of area. Truncated possible platform 4281 to west. An earlier fire or preparation was involving the cut, and three burnt or heat deposits 4178, 4177, 4176 and 4175 (phase A). Above this superstructure 4331 was built (B). Then various phases of fire prep and fire bases (C) and (D), all with a slope from N to S. A final phase, probably truncated was encountered under the baulk (E).
This was a very substantial oven, and reused many times. It is not known why the oven bases were sloping, maybe it was intentional. Or maybe some subsidence which caused them to continually level, and re-make the superstructure.
Cuts into wall F.485 (south wall).
(sf dec 00)
This oven was located directly below 1960's backfill supporting fact that it had been previously exposed. This is by far the largest oven excavated so far, located on the south wall of the larger room, cut into the south wall slightly.
Slightly pear shaped, widest against the wall, it measured max. 1.5m N - S x 1.18m E - W x 0.63m depth as survived .
Probably originally domed although no superstructure survived, and we should consider that it was probably over this oven that the ladder was placed in this final phase of the building. At earlier phases the ovens were located in the NE corner of the building, 437 replaced by 433, both elaborate but not as large as 416. This therefore reflects quite a change in the layout of the building through its life use and spatial use and entrance from roof.
The stratigraphical eveidence for this being a late oven lies in the fact that it seals a small fire installation ([4392]), and other associated burnt deposits and posts [4390] and [4334], it also cut platform 428 to the west which appears to be an original construction. The oven also apperas to be assocaited with a clay ball pit 440, which may have been in use pre- oven, possibly associated with hearth activity ([4392]), it also seals a small cut [4399] with an unusual array of finds, a foundation deposit????? Or a childs horde! | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Feature Relationships: | | cuts: (Click to view the record) 428, 485 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 4 | | | | Conservation Recorded: No | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 14 (Click here to view unit list) |
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