Unit 2238
Category: Layer dug in 1997
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: oven,Roof collapse
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: 26/7/98
A very small part of this unit, the section up against the white monster (F.155), was removed in an attempt to start dealing with the monster. It was located at the East side of F.155.
10/8/98
S.2(flotation) was taken by Bill Middleton during the roof destruction days (9/8/98-10/8/98), mainly from one spot in the East - noted on drawing. Samples 2-4 were all taken by Bill, as noted, in this same general area. His intention was to try to peel off the layers of the roof starting from the upper-most layer sloping down to the south-east. It is now 10/8/98 (11:30 am) a flat section of stripeys, quite clear, brightly colored burnt looking layers..(?)
11/8/98
Flot. samples 5-8 to be taken in cross layers following the roof collapse strata. XYZ coords indicate the top of the sample. Note that X.1, potsherd, was found resting exactly on the interface between flot samples 28 and 29.
As the roof was excavated in the NW of unit, it was found to extend beyond the quadrant line to roof, in fact it is roof material as can be seen in the West side of the N-S baulk, thin (1cm. thick) layers of beige and dark beige, sloping down to the South.
Note: X.3 (bead) was located in the interface between float S.37 and S.39, resting on a slightly reddened peel surface.
Note: X.4 (groundstone) was located within soils collected for float S.39.
Note: Float samples from layers of roof as following; S.43 (black layer), S.44 (red layer), S.46 (black layer), S.48 (red and black layers).
Recognition: On surface as ridges of clay. In grave as black and red colored lenses.
Definition: Clear lines in clay rubble, especially in cross-section.
Execution: Excavated layer by layer in E. and W., in blocks for microexcavation and conservation in middle
Condition: Dry on top, damper as continue down.
Consistency: black and red layers very loose, beige clay in between is firm
Colour:
Texture: 40% clay, 40% sand
Bedding: layered - 1 cm. thick each layer, parallel and continuous
Inclusions: In beige layers none, in red layers 90% burned clay, in black charcoal/ash
Post-depositional Features:
Basal Boundary: Clearly distinct, abrupt, collapsed, inclined at diff. angles
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 162
Total Deposit Volume: 763
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 80
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 10
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 168
Unit description: Unit represented by two flotation samples (6, which was described as dirty roof material, and 7, described as dirty red; to be compared with 2271, which is clean roof layer). Sample 6 has small pieces, 1-4 cm, and similar range of weathering (2-3) as elsewhere, hence not showing signs of exposure; some burning, mostly low temperature, no diagnostics (but both 03 and 07 size scrap), and some digestion. One fragment of fish bone. Generally appears to have mixed derivations. Sample 7, similar to sample 6, but without 07 size scrap, and has more fish, particularly teeth. Does this represent fish bone being incorporated unintentionally into building material through soils/clays, or an activity such as fish drying?? One sheep/goat sesamoid. X2 is a cattle DNA sample. NR 2003: This unit is the block of roof material from B. 3. It contains some bulk bone (in many bags from different days but except for one labeled 'scrapings from top of conservation block' (F22-29) with no indication of the layers they are from, and massive numbers of flotation samples, most of which seem to be from individual layers, but only some are indicated on the unit sheet as to which. The dry sieved material contains mostly scrap and a few diagnostics. Sheep-size predominates, but there is a fair amount of large mammal. The surface condition is somewhat variable, but generally somewhat degraded. There is a little burning and digestion, and one piece that looks water-washed. The material is fairly fragmented, but not tiny pieces. On the whole this looks like mixed origins, fill or construction material. One quite large piece of large mammal rib would be unusual for construction material especially, though. In addition to samples 6 and 7 described above, the rest of the flotation samples (>4mm, 100% sorted) were recorded for diagnostics and flot frags only. Sample 1 is small and contains one fish fragment and a number of tiny fragments of sheep-size scrap. There is ca. 20% burnt (high and low temperatures) and a fair amount of digestion. The surface condition is generally good. This looks like fairly clean construction material. Sample 2 is generally similar in character, but there is somewhat more material and several fragments in the 2-3 cm range or larger. There are also a couple of diagnostics, a little fish and microfauna, and a couple of large mammal fragments. This looks like dirtier construction material (the digested bone, for instance, arguing against it being from daily activities, at least not all of it). Sample 5 has mostly smaller pieces but a few up to 4-5 cm. Most is sheep-size scrap with a little large mammal and a couple of sheep/goat diagnostics. There are fragments of both sheep/goat and cattle horn core. About 75% of the bone is heavily carbonized, in a way that suggests in situ and certainly postdepositional burning. There is a little bit of high temperature burning as well, and a little digestion. Surface condition is generally good, especially on the burnt pieces. This looks like some construction material plus perhaps sweepings from a hearth or oven where some of the remnants of daily meals were burnt. Sample 8 is quite similar to sample 2, with one fish bone and no microfauna. Sample 9 is generally similar to sample 5, with slightly less burning (ca. 50-60%) and lacking the horn core. There is a little fish. Sample 12 is similar to sample 2 but with less large mammal. Sample 13 is similar but with a bit of burnt cattle horn core, both high and low temperature burning, and one big hunk of large mammal long bone. There is no fish or microfauna. It seems generally quite mixed. Sample 14 is small, with small pieces mostly under 1 cm. There iFigurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
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