Unit 1022

Category: layer    dug in 1995

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: foundation cut; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 1.8m x 0.5m x 0.1- 0.2m 

 

Discussion: Midden deposit in Ct VII.15. As preserved, restricted to NW corner of room where it overlies brick-rubble fill (1023) which has irregular surface. 1022 appears to lie in a hollow within this fill bounded by irregular lumps of decayed brick, rather than cut into 1023 as such. To N 1022 overdug slightly in poor light conditions; to S drying out and heavy root disturbance left it distinguishable by feel only. No visible internal layering although finds (bone etc.) tended to lie fairly flat. 

 

Execution: trowel, hand-pick 

Condition: warm and sunny 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: 2.5YR 3/2 v.dark greyish brown 

Texture: clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 5% burnt orange brick <5cm; 5% charcoal frags <2cm; 5% decayed organics; <2% plaster (large chunks) 

Post-depositional Features: moderate fine + occasional larger roots, more frequent to south. Animal holes. 

Basal Boundary: irregular 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1023, 1024 below: (Click to view the record) 1019 

 

Dry sieve volume: 150 

Total Deposit Volume: 210 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 105

Features:: none

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

 

Lab Team Data

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 197  Unit description: Medium-sized unit. Lots of apparent digestion. Many smaller bones seem acid-etched. Is there lots of dog poop here, or could this be an effect of burial in a manure/trash pile? Larger pieces seem unaffected. Very little carnivore gnaw. Not much identified; seems quite fragmented with sharp edges. A lot of black staining, but color seems pretty uniform, mid-brown. Mostly sheep-size. Sample 77, >4mm, 100% sorted. The material matched the dry sieved, with largely sheep/goat size fragments, and a high degree of digestion. There was less than 5% burning.

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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