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Unit Book A15

The Reception Area (Version 1a)

A15f121

Processed on 2025-04-04

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2001-07-22 ed kiln [Input: ZG114jW.j]
Best image 2001-07-22 !!
v65 [Input: L916okk1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2001-07-30 okk kiln [Input: L730okk.j]
2001-08-19 okk cut [Input: L819okk.j]
Description (summary) 2001-07-30 okk pit kiln in k3, circular with a gray-green burnt kiln wall of only about 3cm. It has a sloping bottom, but is only about 30 cm deep. This is probably a pit kiln, but part of the reason for defining it as such is that there was so much kiln waste found nearby. The fill did not contain any kiln waste. [Input: L730okk.j]
2001-08-19 okk cut for pit kiln, f122 is the fill (a4). This was first seen from the top as a gray-green circle in the central eastern part of k3. It is 90 cm in diameter, with gray-green burnt wall of 2cm in thickness. It is 37 cm in depth. We made the determination that it was a kiln based on the recognition of a pit with burnt walls that had turned gray-green from a long, hot fire. Also, because we had found so much kiln waste in the features above (f41, f103, f110) it suggested to us that we might be near to an area where kilns were in use. There were no structures such as a flue that would be used for allowing oxygen into a kiln to keep a fire going. It appears that if it was a pit kiln it was a very simple one used only once or a couple of times, because the extent of burning is relatively little, the depth is quite shallow and there is no flue. It is also possible that this was a pit used for the burning of some other material and not a kiln at all. [Input: L819okk.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Strategy (projected or implemented) 2001-08-19 okk Once we identified the circle which we believed to be a kiln, we decided to first section the kiln to distinguish the shape and depth of the structure. We made a N-S section of half of the kiln. Then we excavated the fill of the kiln to see the bottom of the kiln wall and whether there was any material such as ash, kiln waste, bricks or pottery wasters that would suggest kiln use. [Input: L819okk.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2001-07-22 ed k3 [Input: ZG114jW.j]
M#/elev @top 2001-07-22 ed 8712 [Input: ZG114jW.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2001-08-19 okk f122 (fill) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: L819okk.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2001-07-25 ed q356 (pottery) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: L915okk.j]
2001-07-25 ed q358 (bones, pottery) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: L915okk.j]
2007-08-21 lC q171-p1 (jar) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-30 hH q356-p1 (base) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-30 hH q356-p2 (bowl) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-30 hH q356-p4 (pot) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-30 hH q356-p5 (base) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-30 hH q356-p6 (base) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-30 hH q356-p7 (jar) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-30 hH q356-p8 (jar) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p70 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p71 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p72 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p73 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p74 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p75 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p76 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p77 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p78 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-07-23 hH q356-p79 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-19 lC q358-p1 (jar) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-19 lC q358-p2 (base) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-19 lC q358-p3 (bowl) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-19 lC q358-p4 (base) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-19 lC q358-p5 (base) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-19 lC q358-p6 (base) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-19 lC q358-p7 (rim) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15csZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p70 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p71 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p72 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p73 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p74 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p75 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p76 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p77 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
2007-08-21 lC q358-p78 (body sherd) sits in f121 (kiln) [Input: A15cbZHy03rL.TP]
Type of contact: earliest events 2001-08-19 okk f121 (kiln) cuts f120 (accumulation C) [Input: L819okk.j]
2001-07-30 okk f121 (kiln) cuts f144 (accumulation) [Input: L730okk.j]
2001-07-30 okk f121 (kiln) covers f143 (fill) [Input: L730okk.j]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2001-07-01 okk a4 (kiln) [Input: L916okk3.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 jW s290A15A [Input: ZI901jW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! h6cMZA [Input: ZI901jW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v65
2001-07-22 ed [Input: L916okk1.j]

v73
2001-07-24 ed [Input: L916okk1.j]

v73c
2001-07-24 ed [Input: L916okk1.j]

v73d
2001-07-24 ed [Input: L916okk1.j]

v74
2001-07-24 ed [Input: L916okk1.j]

v74a
2001-07-24 ed [Input: L916okk1.j]

v74b
2001-07-24 ed [Input: L916okk1.j]