Unit 32019

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: single patch of plaster layer covering Oven 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: oven; Material: plaster; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: unpainted

Discussion: - plaster U.32019 had been recorded in E-part of the superstructure (U.31569) that constituted the actual construction of the oven F.7854. The plaster was evidenced only as a single patch (25cm x 10cm) of mid-white / light-cream coating that was attached to the upper segment of the mentioned fire installation and partially adjoined to the S-wall (F.3679) of Sp.531. As regards to appearance and closer examination of the plaster one may state that it cannot be regarded as good quality one (as we have evidenced already within the floor surface). Additionally, the collected data allows to presume that the presented unit represents a single coating event that resulted in layering relatively thick paste of white clay (8 - 10mm) all over the prepared before domed superstructure of the oven. Intriguing is that the mentioned plaster was heavily tempered by organic material (probably hay or straw chaff). All of the above mentioned observations lead to the same material that covered Niche F.7855 situated to the West. It is possible that the both features Oven 7854, and the niche) in the last occupational phase of B.132 might have been covered by the same plaster layer. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid-white, light-cream 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 10% - chaff 

Post-depositional Features: effect of demolition of the oven that destroyed major part of the plaster. 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 31569 below: (Click to view the record) 21654 

Total Deposit Volume: 1 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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