Unit 1388

Category: Cluster    dug in 1996

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: odsidian 

 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: moulding; Material: obsidian; Deposition: primary deposition

 

Dimensions: ~15 x 15 cm?? 

 

Discussion: 'Foundation' deposit/ritual deposit made at base of (1387) with lime stone blocks laid over, then whole sculptured in to feature. The association of obsidian cache with the raw material for plaster may be highly significant -but how?

Explanation about description:
Cluster of obsidian flakes / blades with in (1387) at 1012.790- lying just beneath large blocks of 'lime stone core and very close/up against edge of wall to west.
Also includes 1 bone ?bead. 

 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency:  

Colour:  

Texture:  

Bedding: See discussion below 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1377 below: (Click to view the record) 1282, 1279 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1387 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of X-Finds 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 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 1

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 110

Features:: (Click to view the record) 364 (pillar)

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:: 1  Unit description: H1 is a bone bead.

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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