Unit 1714

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: pit fill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit

 

Dimensions: 2.00 x 1.25 x 0.41 m 

 

Discussion: After digging unit 1712 and 1710. the limits of the pit (feature 101) are clearly visible. We take 1714 into the new (wider) limits of Feature 101. A large quantity of sherds, a number of which are joining. Animal bone in large quantities, some seem articulated. 

 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Bright and wet 

Consistency: Weak, very weak 

Colour: 10 YR 4/3 

Texture: Silt Loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Pieces of plaster 25%, Charcoal 1%, Clay frags 5%, Sherds 15-20%, Bone 25% 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: Sharp, antrhopic 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1728 below: (Click to view the record) 1713 equal to: (Click to view the record) #2, 1708 

 

Dry sieve volume: 220 

Total Deposit Volume: 250 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

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

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1009

Features:: (Click to view the record) 101 (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

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 169  Unit description: An average-sized unit, with considerable fragmentation but also several articulated elements. A variety of taxa. Animal size within taxa ranges very widely, especially with respect to sheep. Very little burning (black). Some carnivore gnawing, some digested fragments. Cut marks on a few pieces. Four completely articulated cow feet, all from different animals. Last number= 169 ***2010: Note that this is now considered post-Chalcolithic.

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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