Unit 20956
Category: Layer dug in 2013
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Deliberate fill
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: homogeneous
Discussion: This unit was a fill consisting of large ground stone fragments of which two nice tools were complete (X1 and HP). The fill was slightlly spread (out from cut) and unrecognizable in SE corner of cut, covering some more than cut in the northen part. The whole fill was sampled for flotation and archive.
As mentioned the fill mostly consisted of stones. The reasaon for not being able to identify it as a cluster or at least the possibility of this, was due to miscommunication between the excavators. However observation prior to removal were that the stones were packed in this confined space. They might even have been placed in a more organized manner, but this is hard to say. This fill however is due to its content in general here interpreted as a deposition of 1) fully functional tools and 2) quern fragments. As such it is interesting why this unit was made. Two or three animal bone fragments were also found.
Consistency: Stones and brown soil, easy to remove with trowel
Colour: Light brown
Texture: Moist silt
Bedding: Massive homogenous soil, mostly between ground stones
Inclusions: Large sized ground stone
Post-depositional Features: None specific
Basal Boundary: Clear but due to learning reasons and miscommunication a bit too much was removed in basal boundary. However the fill stopped at a black layer in S and orange soil in N.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 6
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
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
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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 Ceramics Data for 2013 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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