Unit 8535

Category: layer    dug in 2002

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: oven base 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: This unit comprises the base and the rim of the oven. Came down to another oven, truncated floor, scoured. Packing above this oven is what constitutes this unit, so it is more of a levelling deposit. Wall F.635 was built on top of oven F.1011, this probably first oven in the house was abutting outer W wall.
Packing was rubbley above the oven and levelling for F.785 was sandy and solid. 

Recognition: to the corner of sp. 201, color 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, mattock 

Condition: very dry 

Consistency: firm to friable 

Colour: brown to sandy beige 

Texture:  

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal, salts 

Post-depositional Features: animal hole 

Basal Boundary: smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8563 below: (Click to view the record) 8533 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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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