Unit 1629
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: fill
Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)
Dimensions: 2.0 E W x 1.5m N S
Description: Described in index as fill below 1612
Execution: Trowel
Consistency: moderately weak
Colour: 2.5Y 4/2
Texture: clay loam
Bedding: Layered
Inclusions: Obsidian, pottery (see over), shell, bone,
Post-depositional Features: A lot of fine root disturbance, some animal burrows
Basal Boundary: Boundary clear but only a faint contrast with the layer below
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 60
Total Deposit Volume: 80
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 6
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 157
Unit description: F 133 and 135 subsampled for ZooMS (DCO 2014).
A fairly substantial amount of fauna was recovered from unit 1629 and showed the presence of a range of species. The bones from the dry sieve included caprine, which was the most common taxon identified, but cattle, equid and pig bones made up a significant portion of the material. One astragalus could be identified to dog, a couple of fragments of long bone had come from medium sized bird. A fragmented piece of antler had been removed from the skull of a dead animal as it had not been shed. Most of the bone appeared to have been processed for marrow, even the cattle phalanges had been split open. Compared to many of the units examined, whole tooth rows were frequent. Almost complete examples were two mandibles of caprines, an equid and two maxillas of pig. Additionally there are relatively large numbers of lost teeth, many of which are possibly articulated. One of the caprine jaws displayed a congenital anomaly as it was missing P2. Other than the high proportion of mandibles, body part representation seems proportionately equal. The surface condition of the bone is generally unweathered and burnt bone is very rare. Digested bone, on the hand is frequent and shows the presence of dogs. 4mm, flotation sample #1, 100% sorted, had only diagnostics fully recorded. This sample mainly consisted of unidentifiable splinters from sheep sized animals. A small amount of fish and microfauna was recovered from the flotation sample and there was a phalanx from either hare or fox. Overall the unit, which was a layer in a midden deposit, had low integrity and appeared to be an accumulation of post-consumption waste from a range of animals and species. NR 2001: Actually the unshed antler is not really antler. Last number = 156Figurine Records: No Ground Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 2 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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