Unit 4196

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: oven base,scorched area 

Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 0.34m w-e, 0.24m n-s, 0.02m thick 

Discussion: Oval scorched area with burnt debris (4195) lying above. Could be either simply scorching which occurred when hot ashes etc were dumped or could be the base of a small temporary hearth. 

Recognition: scorched 

Definition: edges of scorching 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: baked 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid brown 

Texture: silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none apparent 

Post-depositional Features: none apparent 

Basal Boundary: indistinct, rounded 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4205 below: (Click to view the record) 4195 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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