Unit 16878

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: Trench 5 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Layer 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 0.6m x 0.35m 

 

Discussion: Three articulated (and two loose) sheep/goat vertebrae found in unit (16878). No photo taken, by accident. The unit (16878) contained high quantities of disarticulated human remains and faunal remains. 

 

Recognition: Loose and more yellow soil than unit 16870 

Definition: Moderately diffuse 

Execution: Trowel, hand showel 

Condition: Dry, hot, windy, under shelter 

Consistency: Moderately compact 

Colour: Yellowish brown 

Texture: Silty fine sand 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Sherds, bones, obsidian, broken mudbricks 

Post-depositional Features: Some mole holes and root action 

Basal Boundary: Fill 16870 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16870 below:none 

 

Dry sieve volume: 40 

Total Deposit Volume: 52 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

Buildings: none

Spaces: none

Features:: (Click to view the record) 5059 (pit/scoop)

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: No

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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