Unit 3998

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: oven fill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: hearth; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple

Dimensions: 0.76m north-south x 0.58m east west x 0.12m thick 

Discussion: Layer of quite friable material underlying floor 3989 of oven F269 and overlying base of oven superstructure 4108. The northern part of the unit near the entrance to F269 is slightly burnt but the remainder appears unburnt and seems to have been a make-up layer in the base of the feature rather than having a function during the oven use. It seems to have served its main purpose as a means to raise the level of the oven floor, possibly because the feature initially served a non-oven purpose (see cut sheet 4113). 

Recognition: Slightly loose, mainly unburnt deposit below 3989 and contained within F 269 

Definition: Clearly contained within F269 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Mainly dry, loosely compacted, not truncated 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Mid greyish brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Occasional pot fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Occasional root and insect holes 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4108 below: (Click to view the record) 3989, 3995 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 42 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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