Unit 17505

Category: Cluster    dug in 2008

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Horn cores and skull cap in platform pedastel 

 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Material: animal bone; Deposition: primary deposition

 

Dimensions: 0.94m *at time of excavation x 0.26m 

 

Description: Horn cores attached to skull that was covered by the south pedestal in the NE corner of Sp. 336. Grouped as a cluster, this is a single skull with covered horn cores. 

 

Discussion: 2008: Dimensions calculated using CAD (22/07/09) -ms. West Horn exposed in NE corner platform southern pedestal. Two pairs of horn cores. Broken into two separate unit numbers one for each pair of horn cores in each pedestal. This unit number refers to the W pedestal.

2010: Horn cores and skull cap on southern pedastal from what would appear to be a mature aurochs. It is cut from the neck to just above the eye sockets and is resting on an earlier platform surface-prior to elaboration.

Two numbers were associated in post ex 2010 when both horns were thought to be separate entities. 

 

Recognition: skull and horns in pedestal 

Definition: sharp 

Execution: trowel excavated, lifted for conservation 

Condition: hot 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 19094 equal to: (Click to view the record) 17550 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

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

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 77

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 336

Features:: (Click to view the record) 8134 (podium/pedestal)

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:: 1

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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