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Chapter3
Architecture
0.55mwideatthetopand0.65matthebase.The
entrywaywassealedinalaterphase.
RoomL1is1.7x2.9m.Thefloorlevelwasmade
ofpalegreyishpackedearth.Notmanyfeatures
werefoundinroomL1.0nlyinthenorth-eastern
corneroftheroom,acurvedmudbrickwallmakes
upakindofstoragebin.Insideit,therewasloose
earth,somesherdsandclayobjects(someofun-
bakedclay).Severalhorizontallylaidmudbricks
werecleanednexttothisinstallation.Thedoor-
waywaslocatedinwallW6;itledtothecourtyard,
closetothestreetexit.Achild’spitburial(G3)was
foundunderthefloorofroomL1.
Thecourtyard(L10)wasacentralfeatureof
House1.Itwasentereddirectlyfromthestreet
throughanarrow0.8mcorridor[Fig.3.21].The
corridorincludedtwomudbrickbuttressesplaced
oppositeeachother,addedontowallW6ofroom
L1andwallW7ofroomL4.Theyrestrictedthe
passagewayinthislocationtoonly0.4minwidth.
Inthenorth-easternpartofthecourtyard,
aspacewasseparatedwithamudbrickwall
W20.Itservedasakitchen(L8)andwassmall
sized(1.2x2.0m)[Fig.3.22].Itsfloorwasmade
ofpackedgreyishearthwithsomecharcoal.The
kitchenwasequippedwithtwoovensoftannur
type.Anovaltannur01(0.50x0.60matthebase)
waslinedontheoutsidewithsherds.Moreover,
ononeside,theovenhadamudbricksuperstruc-
turethatpartiallyencaseditandcreatedakind
oflowplatformwhichmayhaveatthesametime
servedasaworkingtable.Thenorth-easterncor-
neroftheroomneartannur01waspackedwith
mudbricks,sherdsandfragmentsofanoldtannur.
Inthesameroom,rightnexttooven01,therewas
anothersmalloven,0.3mindiameter(02).Apart
fromtheovens,thekitchenalsocontainedpost-
consumptionanimalboneremains,cookingpots
(2examples)andabowl.Neartheentrancetoroom
L3therewasagrinder,andrightbythelargertan-
nur—astonepestle.Thelargerovenmayhavebeen
usedtobakebreadandthesmallerone—tocook.
Thebowl(TypeFB.2)foundbythelargerovenmay
havebeenhelpfulinkneadingbreaddough(forex-
ampleasawaterreceptacle).Oneofthecooking
potsfoundinthekitchenhasamaximumdiameter
of35cmsoitmayhavebeenplacedonthesmaller
tannurforcooking.Thekitchen,whichhasrather
smalldimensions,mayhavebeenroofedoverwith
alightmaterialsuchasreedstalks.Sucharoof
wouldhaveprotecteditagainsttherain,wind
andburningsunalike.Thearchaeobotanicalsam-
plestakenfromthekitchenareacontainedasmall
quantityofplantremains(barleyandwheat,twigs,
agrassculm).4Theseremainsmayhavecomefrom
Fig.3.21MainentrancetoHouse1withcorridor.
Viewfromthewest
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Fig.3.22KitchenL8androomL9,House1.
Viewfromthesouth
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ArchaeobotanicalanalyseswerecarriedoutbyAldonaMueller-BieniekandKrystynaWasylikowa(WładysławSzaferInstitute
ofBotany,PolishAcademyofSciences,Kraków).
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