Unit 2272

Category: layer    dug in 1998

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Roof tumble,Room fill 

 

Discussion: The original X.1 (horncore) for this unit was switched to unit 2270 (X.15).

This unit is soil that is between N-S baulk and the fallen roof. It comprises a wall-like feature made of a yellow bricky clay that runs E-W and seems to curve under the fallen roof. Eastern limit of the unit is a blob of a solid clay brick which might have been part of the roof. Anyhow, the soil shows traces of burning with small ashy concentration along the yellow bench on the southern unit and next to the baulk- the feeling is that this soil was in place before the collapsing of the structure. 

 

Recognition: Colour and composition 

Execution: Trowell 

Condition: Fairly Humid 

Consistency: Loose to almost compact 

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/8 and 7.5 YR 6/4 

Texture: Mostly Clay and Sand 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal, ash (both <5%), obsidian, large bones and one brick 

Post-depositional Features: Moderate bioturbation by roots 

Basal Boundary: Flat 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 2238, 2262? equal to:2267?

 

Dry sieve volume: 163 

Total Deposit Volume: 227 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 13

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4

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

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 3

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 86

Features:: (Click to view the record) 157 (roof)

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:: 80  Unit description: A small-medium sized unit dominated by the remains of 03 sized animals. A low proportion of the material had been burnt (c. 2%) and digested bone is very infrequent. in addition to the caprines, pig and cattle were present in low proportions. Flotation samples 3 and 4 were recorded for diagnostics only. Sample 3 was similar to the material from the dry sieve but seemed to consist mainly of skull fragments; sample 4 contained a much higher proportion of burnt bone (c. 30%) and there was a moderate quantity of fish bone. A calcined 1st phalanx of a possible fox was also present in sample 3. Last number = 80

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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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