Unit 2203

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Building fill 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 2.0 X 1.8 m. 

 

Discussion: A post-Neolithic grave was excavated in this unit (2205/2206) before its excavation so there should be a minimum of mixing of materials. However it is very close to the surface. The soil in this unit is very soft in the eastern half. Maybe it's a very large animal hole in this area. 

 

Condition: mixed, dry 

Consistency: very weak - loose crumbly deposit 

Colour: 10YR5/4 (with variations around) 

Texture: silty-clay loam 

Bedding: discontinuous lenses and chunks of different soils 

Inclusions: many inclusions of building materials. small amounts of bone and clay inclusions (<2%), very little charcoal (<1%) 

Post-depositional Features: Lots of bio-turbation: roots and rodents. 

Basal Boundary: N/A 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2227 below: (Click to view the record) 2205 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2209 

 

Dry sieve volume: 448 

Total Deposit Volume: 472 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 3

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 86

Features:: none

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:: 87  Unit description: Building fill, close to the surface, lots of bioturbation (roots and rodents). Small unit, burnt 30% (mostly black carbonised, but also grey calcined and partly burnt) , some weathering, sheep size dominate, few fragments of Bos size flat bones and ribs. Fairly fragmented, but biggish pieces (a lot in the 4-8 cm range). All body parts represented, but no toes apart from a sesamoid. Some stray human and one microfauna. Fragment of needle. Looks like disturbed midden, although scant on long bones. Sample 1 >4 mm flotation 100% sorted; only diagnostics recorded, rest as flot frags. Moderate size sample, similar to dry sieved but ranging down to smaller size fragments. No fish or microfauna. Last number = 87

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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