Unit 16260

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

 

Dimensions: 2.40m (NS), 2.00m ( EW) x 0.15m (thick) 

 

Discussion: Midden with phytoliths and possibly cess like organics(?), respects the south face of B44's southern wall.
Roughly equivalent to (15702) spit dug in 2007 

 

Recognition: Colour, consistency 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Mattock and trowel 

Condition: Hot, dry 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: Greenish dark grey 

Texture: organics, silty ash 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: Very frequent charcoal fragments and flecks, frequent pottery, moderate-occ phytoliths, occasional obsidian, occ-mod burnt brick, plaster, frequenct bone including large frags 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: very distinct 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16271, 16270, 16262 below: (Click to view the record) 16259 equal to:15702?

 

Dry sieve volume: 600 

Total Deposit Volume: 610 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

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: 10 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 129

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

Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 737

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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